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01-30-2012, 09:26 PM | #1 |
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Bathe the Order
I was watching a soviet movie last week and I saw something a little unusual, the movie is Battle for Moscow and it`s about the defense of the city during the Great Patriotic War and in one scene, a soldier is awarded a Order of the Red Banner however his officer took his order and put it in a mug with vodka and told the soldier to drink it, he also said that it was an old tradition of the russian army and that they should give the order a "bath" so it would not be the last one.
Do you guys ever heard of this or have any more information?
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Re: Bathe the Order
Yes, that practice is very widespread to this day. In fact most combat decorations (probably not jubilees) were "baptized".
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Thanks for the info desantnik, I have never heard of that tradition, nice to learn about it
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There are many American films where awards such as jump wings are put in the bottom of a drink (which has to be downed in one). The trick is to catch it between your teeth and not swallow it. I think this tradition can be seen on "Band Of Brothers" amongst many war related "stories".
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01-31-2012, 12:57 PM | #6 |
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Re: Bathe the Order
A previous discussion of the washing ceremony :
http://soviet-awards.com/forum/sovie...tml#post108293 |
02-02-2012, 01:12 AM | #7 |
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Anthony Beevor mentions the practice of having soldiers earn their decorations in this fashion in his phenomenal book Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege 1942-1943.
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