Mongolia Marshal Khorloghiyin Choibalsan

[slava1stclass]

To all:

While Mongolia is not my interest area, this image was much too nice to ignore. It was taken on July 15, 1948.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[Ed_Haynes]

Very interesting, thanks. Though I'd suggest the date is rather earlier, based on what he is wearing.

[fjcp]

Very interesting, thanks. Though I'd suggest the date is rather earlier, based on what he is wearing.

Great picture but, I'm not sure why, it bugs me that he's wearing his lenins before the Mongolian orders....

JC

[Ed_Haynes]

He did so, routinely.

[Ed_Haynes]

Another nice picture of "Big C". No awards, but some familiar faces.

[Ed_Haynes]

Some photos from his State funeral. Some familiar faces here?

[Ed_Haynes]

And . . .

[Ed_Haynes]

. . . and . . .

[Ed_Haynes]

. . . and . . .

[Ed_Haynes]

. . . and, finally.

These photos deserve some close and focused study.

[Ed_Haynes]

Choibalsan and friends, hard at work.

[Ed_Haynes]

And, if we could read it, we might learn something from the legend on the reverse?

[fjcp]

And, if we could read it, we might learn something from the legend on the reverse?

The only thing I could make out was the date....

It's really bad handwriting which makes a difficult job almost impossible....

We all know the weird dating they used but this says 1943-10-19, and I think that's the actual date.

1953 would be too late for Uighur....

JC

[Ed_Haynes]

Somewhat dressed-down, with just two medals (but WHAT medals!).

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

A new Choibalsan image I've come across.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[Bob]

. . . and, finally.

These photos deserve some close and focused study.

Any insight into who's on this pic? Especially the middle person?

[Tsend]

Any insight into who's on this pic? Especially the middle person?

I think the person in the middle is Sodnomdarjaa.

[Bob]

I think the person in the middle is Sodnomdarjaa.

Thanks - I also thought he looked familiar. I'll try to zoom in on his awards and see if I can validate based on that.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/36164-1920s-order-of-the-red-banner/page__hl__%2Bred+%2Bbanner__fromsearch__1

For those interested, above is link to very interesting (at least, that's my subjective view:)) thread on Sodnomdarjaa (and his documented Red Banner)