Soviet Documents for Lake Khasan Badges

[Digger Doug]

Here's a couple of award booklets for Lake Khasan badges. The printing appears to be the same - the order of the pages has just been switched. Gotta love the early tanker helmet on Comrade Vasil'ev.

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[Guest Rick Research]

Nathan Lane impersonator Pavel Fedorovich Sotnikov got his on 22 March 1941:

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His photo was printed on some weird pre-printed GRID photo paper-- whether this was for some screwball phrenological "face science" purpose or just re-using on hand paper from something else (mapping?) I don't know. I have had several personnel file photos come back with research, that used this same grid square paper.

But what is interesting is that he is wearing a screwback Order of the Red Banner probably won there, along with a Voroshilov Marksman badge. Note the BIZARRE collar tabs-- line officer style (gilt edged) but with NO rank devices..,

and tiny AIRPLANE devices--- early Aeroflot??????

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[Guest Rick Research]

With the grids showing better

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Mine has no unit stamp. Flyer Vasiliev's dramatic posed version omits the stamped "signatures!" And gotta love that "acorn top" on Comrade Tscherbakov!!!

[Paul R]

Very nice!! I did not know that these badges had award books!!! Nice score!

Edited October 25, 2005 by Paul Reck

[Danny]

Here is my document I picked up last week. The writing is quite fadded though.

Edited November 11, 2005 by Danny

[Guest Rick Research]

That looks like a Valor Medal-- or is it the Military Merit Medal? What rank was he?

You MAY be able to bring the faded out ink up on a plain old xerox machine-- try darkening the contrast setting and you may get a ghost reading. The ink might also have been literally WASHED away-- these little books went through it ALL.

[Danny]

That looks like a Valor Medal-- or is it the Military Merit Medal? What rank was he?

You MAY be able to bring the faded out ink up on a plain old xerox machine-- try darkening the contrast setting and you may get a ghost reading. The ink might also have been literally WASHED away-- these little books went through it ALL.

I'm not certain but I think it is a combat service medal. I'll try to get it for sure by scanning it very dark and playing with Photoshop. The badge besides the medal is a GTO hanging badge.

[Danny]

Here is the document scanned with excessive darkness. It did bring out some of the handwriting and even brought out the stamp over the photograph. If anybody has good eyes, please feel free to advise me the name of my recipient. Thanks

[Danny]

The recipient is M.G. Abramov.

[Gerd Becker]

Here is one on CollectRussia currently. Issued to Navy officer Il'ya Gorelov on 22 February 1940.

[Guest Rick Research]

None of these in 6 1/2 years? And still no idea whaat Comrade Sotnikov's collar insignia represented....

[Digger Doug]

Gosh, I started this post that long ago? Rick, it's good to see you still here holding down the fort. Doug

[Guest Rick Research]

Years pass...we remain, eh?

Unfortunately, I'm not finding ANYTHING new that is a) affordable and b) doesn't duplicate what I've already got. Nothing new with me.

[JapanX]

And still no idea whaat Comrade Sotnikov's collar insignia represented....

and tiny AIRPLANE devices--- early Aeroflot??????

Nope.

He has military collars tabs

Civil aviation pilots had these

Could be unofficial, self-made insignia ...

[JapanX]

None of these in 6 1/2 years?

Knock yourself out

[JapanX]

[Guest Rick Research]

Very interesting! So what on Earth could military officer tabs (bullion edges) with NO rank at all and... tiny little airplanes have been?

[JapanX]

[JapanX]

Very interesting! So what on Earth could military officer tabs (bullion edges) with NO rank at all and... tiny little airplanes have been?

Possible variant advisor ...

Personally I`ve never seen such insignia ...

Also I can`t find any traces of it in official regulations from 20s and 30s...

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