Soviet Victory Medals

[Guest Darrell]

Here are the two Soviet "Victory" Medals:

1. Victory over Germany:

[Guest Darrell]

2. Victory over Japan:

[Ed_Haynes]

I guess this is the best place to put this . . . ?

In hopes that something interesting may surface from a decipherment of this one, from Ulanbaatar, . . . .

Help please!

[Guest Rick Research]

This is where I wish I had a clue as to what Mongolian names are like.

Appears to be to one rankless

Shagdaryn Ishzhamts

Issued 30 June 1946 by "Military Unit 9999" which doesn't sound right... not enough numbers, wrong period for the codes in wide use...

can you zoom in on the signature, particuylarly the stamp which is supposed to clarify what the scribble says?

It purports to be a Lieutenant General named something "Rub(za?)"... no luck thus far on Steen Ammentorp's website.

The document certainly looks good to me, so it may be air force or state security and thus not among the army generals list.

[Ed_Haynes]

Clarification #1

[Ed_Haynes]

And the best I could do with the stamp.

Yes, Mongolian names are often more of a complexity that Soviet ones, but at least this isn't a mundane X Yovich Z certificate to a Russian.

Thanks -- as always -- Rick!

Edited August 6, 2006 by Ed_Haynes

[Guest Rick Research]

Definitely a correct 11 Republics seal stamp. I still can't mayke out the final three letters in the LtGen's name, though--

RU X X X

RUB?....

[Bob]

Definitely a correct 11 Republics seal stamp. I still can't mayke out the final three letters in the LtGen's name, though--

RU X X X

RUB?....

Rick, the name is Lt. General Rubin - military advisor to Marshall Choibalsan.

9999 is a code typically seen on the Victory Over Japan award booklets as awarded to Mongolians (and other foreigners?). This has been discussed over on the Mongolia forum. Not sure if the discussion is in the following thread, but at least you'll find a few more examples:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5226&hl=9999&st=100

[Bob]

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39929&st=0&p=371909&hl=victory%20over%20japan&fromsearch=1&#entry371909

Here's another one