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02-08-2009, 12:30 AM | #1 |
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56th Guards Tank Brigade Commemorative Documents.
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I just got what I believe is a set of 3 documents for a veteran of the 56th Guards Tank Brigade and would appreciate some help identifying exactly what they are as I've never seen veteran documents quite like these. Also I'm trying my hand at translating so please let me know if I got the titles to the document right. There are several pictures that I'll post sequentially. The first picture is of all 3 with a veteran's medal for scale. |
02-08-2009, 12:36 AM | #2 |
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Re: 40th Anniversary GPW Veteran Document ID
The first booklet which I think says: Happy Victory(?) 56th Guards Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Suvorov and Kutuzov Tank Brigade
The second photo shows what I believe to be the recipient and the third shows the signatories. |
02-08-2009, 12:42 AM | #3 |
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Re: 40th Anniversary GPW Veteran Document ID
The second booklet: 40 Years Victory Great Patriotic War
There's what looks like a poem on the first page followed by 2 pages of text. |
02-08-2009, 12:46 AM | #4 |
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Re: 40th Anniversary GPW Veteran Document ID
The 3rd booklet: 40 Years Battle of the Dneiper and Liberation of Kiev
The 2nd booklet has a photocopy of the photographs in the 3rd book. |
02-08-2009, 12:53 AM | #5 |
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Re: 40th Anniversary GPW Veteran Document ID
And one last photo from the third book.
So is this a set given to one veteran or separate booklets. Also what occasion would warrant such an elaborate set vs. the standard award document that normally accompanies a veteran badge, like the ones Paul Schmitt shows in his guide to veteran badges. I have more photos if they are needed. Roscoe |
02-08-2009, 04:19 AM | #6 |
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Re: 40th Anniversary GPW Veteran Document ID
These are elaborate, commemorative veteran documents issued to members of the particular unit's veterans committee at significant anniversaries of the action in question.
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02-09-2009, 09:37 PM | #7 |
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Re: 40th Anniversary GPW Veteran Document ID
Thanks for the information. Just one more question. Did I identify the unit on the first booklet correctly as the 56th Tank Brigade?
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02-09-2009, 11:34 PM | #8 |
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