Soviet Four Fours

[slava1stclass]

To all:

Not an every day occurrence these days - or even in those days. I like it.

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slava1stclass

[Guest Rick Research]

That's got to be a record!!!!

[Lapa]

That's got to be a record!!!!

Rick,

If I am not mistaken, two persons were awarded 5 medals "Za Otvagu"

Marc

[slava1stclass]

Rick,

If I am not mistaken, two persons were awarded 5 medals "Za Otvagu"

Marc

Rick,

Marc is quite correct. Here is one of them.

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slava1stclass

[Guest Rick Research]

That's incredible. You would think they should have gotten something else, just for VARIETY.

[Bryan]

No red stars? Why?

[Bryan]

Here are 3 little ones.

[slava1stclass]

To all:

Here is a nice wartime photo of the gentleman in post #4 above - Sergeant Major S. M. Zolnikov. The other quint "For Valor" winner was P. I. Gribkov.

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slava1stclass

[new world]

Here's nice group with 3 Bravery medals to a Red Army Private, recently offered for sale in Russia.

William

[new world]

Order book 1

[new world]

Order book 2

[new world]

Order books with name pages

[new world]

and finally his Victory medal book

[Wild Card]

That's incredible. You would think they should have gotten something else, just for VARIETY.

Maybe we have an answer in posts #7 and #8 - The Order of Glory. Had it not been for that, the man in post #7 might well have had four ?Za Otvagu? and Sgt. Major Zoinikov six! At the same time, had the Order of Glory been in effect from June of ?41, some of these ?Za Otvagu? could have been Glories.

Just a guess.

[JimZ]

Maybe we have an answer in posts #7 and #8 - The Order of Glory. Had it not been for that, the man in post #7 might well have had four ?Za Otvagu? and Sgt. Major Zoinikov six! At the same time, had the Order of Glory been in effect from June of ?41, some of these ?Za Otvagu? could have been Glories.

Just a guess.

With the glory series being instituted in 1943 it isinded a possibility. Alhough you'd still wonder - why not a red star or two?

[Wild Card]

With the glory series being instituted in 1943 it isinded a possibility. Alhough you'd still wonder - why not a red star or two?

It would certainly seem so.

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

Although worn on the wrong side of his uniform, we won't quibble too much.

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slava1stclass

[Obergefreiter]

QUOTE (JimZ @ Mar 25 2008, 03:40 ) With the glory series being instituted in 1943 it isinded a possibility. Alhough you'd still wonder - why not a red star or two?

It would certainly seem so.

Wrong side of the uniform, or was the negative developed backwards?

[Guest Darrell]

Wrong side of the uniform, or was the negative developed backwards?

Better? ;)

[slava1stclass]

Wrong side of the uniform, or was the negative developed backwards?

Darrell,

Wrong side of the uniform. In your reversal of the negative, the words "For Valor" are now reversed.

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slava1stclass

[JapanX]

In the development of this thread

http://gmic.co.uk/in...364-five-fours/

Of course four times is not as unique as five, but still pretty rare and amazing case.

Exact number of four times cavaliers of Medal for Valor is not known.

Quite often you can hear number 38 (you can find this list below), but I think the actual number must be much higher (we will add two additional cavaliers for this list today ).

Edited July 18, 2012 by JapanX

[JapanX]

[JapanX]

Let`s examine some of these higly interesting and rare sets.

Set of Mitelev Michail Ivanovich (he is on the list)

Obverses

[JapanX]

Reverses

[JapanX]

Doc