paja Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 Polish marshal Michał Rola-Żymierski wearing People's Hero Order.
paja Posted September 27, 2017 Posted September 27, 2017 One more Polish recipient, general Stanislav Poplavsky wearing Partisan Star 1st class and Bravery Order.
BalkanCollector Posted September 28, 2017 Author Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) Nice ones! Soviet People's Hero Alexander Sergeyevich Shornikov. Edited September 28, 2017 by BalkanCollector
paja Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) Brezhnev wearing Grand Yugoslav Star and maybe Order of Freedom. Edited September 28, 2017 by paja
paja Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 Brezhnev's decorations exhibited during funeral, among them Order of Freedom and Grand Yugoslav Star.
BalkanCollector Posted September 28, 2017 Author Posted September 28, 2017 That's really impressive! Any chance of a bigger image of his awards?
paja Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 Unfortunately that was the largest image I could find.
BalkanCollector Posted September 28, 2017 Author Posted September 28, 2017 An officer with an interesting combination of a regular soldier Titovka and an early 1946-1953 uniform. He's wearing an Order of Merits for the People possibly 3rd class, an Order and Medal for Bravery. He's also wearing a medal which I can't identify.
paja Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 Looks like the Medal of the Czechoslovak Military Order for Liberty. Here's a photo from Wikipedia for comparison.
BalkanCollector Posted October 1, 2017 Author Posted October 1, 2017 Sergey Georgiyevich Gorshkov wearing one of his two Partisan Stars 1st class. His daughter donated all of his awards to a Russian museum among which are his Partisan Stars. If I'm not mistaken one is a Mondvor with a screwplate and another one is an IKOM one with a double needle.
paja Posted October 2, 2017 Posted October 2, 2017 (edited) Excellent photos, there can't be many double first class recipients. Both stars are Soviet type. Edited October 2, 2017 by paja
paja Posted October 2, 2017 Posted October 2, 2017 Pavel Derzhavin, a triple Partisan Star recipient!
BalkanCollector Posted October 2, 2017 Author Posted October 2, 2017 2 hours ago, paja said: Both stars are Soviet type. Thanks for the input Paja! 2 hours ago, paja said: Pavel Derzhavin, a triple Partisan Star recipient! This is really impressive! Two 1st and one 2nd class. I've seen combinations of 1st+2nd and 2nd+3rd Partisan Stars but I've never seen anyone with all 3 classes. I'm not even sure if there was anyone.
paja Posted October 3, 2017 Posted October 3, 2017 That would certainly be an interesting sight but I don't remember seeing anyone wearing all three classes.
BalkanCollector Posted October 3, 2017 Author Posted October 3, 2017 Boris Kidrič wearing an Order of the People's Liberation Soviet type.
paja Posted October 4, 2017 Posted October 4, 2017 That's a great photo, you don't see many photos with Soviet made People's Liberation and Brotherhood&Unity in wear.
BalkanCollector Posted October 4, 2017 Author Posted October 4, 2017 True. The only two Soviet made People's Liberations I saw were Kidrič's and Tito's. Here's the painting of Tito wearing that order. Unfortunately I couldn't find the photo although I've seen it many times on the internet. I better save it in my album the next time I see it. He's also wearing a Soviet Order of Suvorov 1st class and an Order of People's Hero with a ribbon for the Yugoslav Flag. I guess the painter didn't do enough research.
BalkanCollector Posted October 4, 2017 Author Posted October 4, 2017 That's the one! Thanks! Nikolay Mihaylovich Skoromokhov wearing a Partisan Star 1st class.
BalkanCollector Posted October 6, 2017 Author Posted October 6, 2017 People's Hero Milan Žeželj wearing an Order of People's Hero and an Order for Bravery.
paja Posted October 6, 2017 Posted October 6, 2017 Don't mention it Enver Hoxha wearing People's Hero Order and Partisan Star 1st class (looks like Yugoslav is in the 2nd row). He was stripped of the People's Hero title after the Tito - Stalin split. Photo posted by Artan Lame.
paja Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 Soviet rear admiral wearing Brotherhood and Unity 1st class.LINK
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