Soviet Triple Nevskiys for Lt Col Nevskiy

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

A great photo of triple Order of Alexander Nevskiy winner Lt Col Nikolay Leontyevich Nevskiy. He commanded the 818th Artillery Regiment, 223rd Rifle Division. He is one of two known triple Nevskiy winners. Note that he was also awarded the U.S. Army Legion of Merit in the degree of Legionnaire.

Regards,

slava1stclass

Edited July 20, 2011 by slava1stclass

[Paul R]

Another awesome post war photo.

[tonytdyagain]

Why wouldn't he have been awarded a higher level award with that much bling already?

[Paul R]

I have no idea. Maybe he did not meet the criteria? Maybe the awards were "politically" driven? Perhaps a combo of both? I can tell you that this is one heck of a grouping.

[Wild Card]

Very impressive!

Thanks for sharing. :cheers:

[Christian Zulus]

Paul, you might be right with your theory - maybe he hadn't been such an eager communist.

On the tunic of a commander in such position, you usually see 3rd classes of Suvorov and/or Kutuzov. A Newsky is more common for commanders on lower levels.

Maybe - due to the fact, that our commander IS a Nevsky - he personally wanted the Nevskys instead of the Suvorovs or Kutzuovs:

Lt Col Nevsky with 3 orders of Nevsky

Without having all the documents and papers from the military archive you can't really tell, what might have been reason for the series of 3 Nevskys.

All the best

Christian

[Paul R]

It would be cool if we had a name, with archival research being as obtainable as it is now, we could find out.

[slava1stclass]

It would be cool if we had a name, with archival research being as obtainable as it is now, we could find out.

Chief,

His full name (albeit transliterated into English) is included in post #1 above.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[Ferdinand]

Николай Леонтьевич Невский, in Russian. All of his citations can be found online (http://www.podvig-naroda.ru/).

[Yeugeny]

Bro thats my great grandad, proud of him