Soviet Soviet awards for Afghanistan War (1979-1989)

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On June 11, 1983 ... At the head of a platoon ... with fire from all kinds of weapons lilled more than 20 insurgents. On its way back column was ambushed... In this fight senior lieutenant Konnov V.I. personally killed 9 insurgents but was seriously wounded and died.

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Record card for Red Banner

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Two additional items in the group

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Interesting, that together with this group Konnov father awards were also offered

RS

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OGPW II

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Citations

RS

OGPW II

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Doc

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Miscellaneous awards

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Docs for miscellaneous awards

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[SergioV]

Hi Nick nice group about Afghanistan, my little contribution is this...

Here's my Medal of Gratitude of the People of Afghanistan

with assignment document in two languages​​, Russian and Pashto (the language Afghani)

Assigned to:

Skvorodnev

Alexander

Anatolevich

Given by:

Military Unit 20523

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Badge of Internationalist Soldier

A badge to reward the soldiers of the armed forces of the Soviet Union ,

formed on 28 December 1988for participation in campaigns abroad.

It is not a Medal Afghani but as I said the Soviet Union, was given to the service

China, Spain, Mongolia , Korea, Cuba , Algeria, Egypt , Yemen, Vietnam , Syria, Angola, Ethiopia and

the last time, after the war in Afghanistan, with a total of 505 083 Badges

accompanied by gramota of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet .

The Badge designed as a five-pointed star , red with white trim ,

superimposed on a laurel wreath. At the center of the star is a ball of blue,

the background of the globe overlaid with a handshake , there is an inscription " soldier - internationalist ."

and down a small shield with the inscription " USSR " .

The suspension has a rectangular screw mount and a red ribbon .

I show you my badge and the gramota

« воину интернационалисту »

has been assigned to

Podborochinsky Stepan Petrovich

Given by the Supreme Soviet is signed (signed print) by President Mikhail Gorbachev

and the Secretary - Menteshashvili Tengiz Nikolaevich

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An exellent source of info about posthumous awardings is two volume

Book of memory of Soviet soldiers killed in Afghanistan

published in 1995 (volume I) and in 1999 (Volume II) by Ministry of Defence of RF.

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Volume I

Volume II

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Presentation of the material

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Both volumes can be found here (HQ scans of pages)

http://www.afgan.ru/memoryafgan/

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Back to awards

Another posthumous Red Banner for private ...

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Original citation was for Lenin (!!!)

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"... while carring out wounded comrade was fired by insurgents at point-blank range. He died covering wounded with his own body and saved life of a comrade"

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[Paul R]

Nice one!!! I love that ORB. What is the number on the back? I cant really see it.

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540 147

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Very nice example of 3rd class for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR issued in 1988 to Speznaz officer.