Soviet Soviet air force officers' decorations

[WojciechZ]

Hello,

researching for a biographies of two Soviet fighter pilots attached to Polish units I have found their photos with decorations.

The main part shows the Order of the Red Banner (left) and Polish Cross of Grunwald (Krzyz Grunwaldu - right), while two in the middle are unknown to me. Is there a possibility to identify it based on the ribbons?

The second officer wore on his right side of the chest a badge (paratrooper?) as shown in the right top corner of the picture. Is it possible to identyfy this badge as well?

I would be really grateful for any comments and hints.

Thank you.

Best regards

Wojtek

[Eric Gaumann]

Looks like a Combat Service medal and a Defense of Caucasus medal. The para badge could be a '33/'34 Soviet badge. It's hard to tell from the image.

[redoctober]

Eric got it.

Early Red Banner, Combat Services Medal, Defence of the Caucasus Medal

The badge looks like a parachutist badge to me but there are so many types of parachutist badge that it would be incredibly hard to tell which one without a better photo.

[WojciechZ]

Hi,

thank you very much for your comments.

Regards

Wojtek