Looking Back and Looking Forward

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2015 has been a super bumper year for collecting awards focused upon by this forum. With prices absolutely collapsing and the markets being flooded it has been very difficult for me to not buy up large numbers of them. With research cheaper than ever before it is also now more affordable to find the stories behind the awards. It was a rather strange reversal of events of previous years where I would be ecstatic with a researched award entering the collection once every few weeks or months to one every one-two weeks to, with the combined dropping prices and ease of access to research, up to 20 researched awards entering the collection in a single day. This has caused a good backlog of researched awards/groups that it may take some time to clear.

New 2015 researched awards/groups include;
Kornienko, Vladimir Fedorovich, Guards Sergeant, Mortar Artillerist/Musician
Zhuravlev, Valentin Ivanovich, Lieutenant, Platoon Commander, 250th Mortar Regiment
Popov, Ivan Pavlovich, Senior Sergeant, Gun Ranger, 857th Artillery Budapest Regiment
Sokolov, Aleksej Dmitrievich, Junior Sergeant, Tailor, Southern Group Of Forces
Kamenev, Ivan Jakovlevich, Sergeant, Submachine-Gunner, War Against Japan
Red Star,1587366,Pilot,3rd Sanitary Squadron,97th Separate Aviation Regiment
Red Star,1613053,Senior Telephonist,39th Separate Anti-Tank Artillery Brigade
Red Star,1691532,Aircraft Mechanic,45th Aviation Squadron,Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Red Star,3701609,50th Anniversary Of The October Revolution
Glory III,485070,Lead Scout,487th Separate Scout Company,218th Rifle Division
For Bravery,2085359,Auto-Welder/Motorist,419th Auto Company,Königsberg
For Bravery,2231883,Senior Telephonist,47th Heavy Mortar Brigade
For Bravery,2399308,Gun Ranger,76th Separate Guards Destroyer Anti-Tank Section
For Bravery,2977387,Rifleman,297th Rifle Division,Smolensk Behind Enemy Lines
For Bravery,3143715,Pilot,3rd Squadron,457th Near-Range Bombardment Aviation Regiment
For Bravery,3202914,Rifleman,304th Rifle Regiment,2nd Shock Army
For Bravery,3534952,Private,172nd Guards Rifle Regiment,Catch-Up 1954
For Bravery,3548899,Anti-Tank Rifleman,646th Rifle Regiment,Catch-Up 1954
For Combat Merits,0057220,Head Of Surgical Department,Evacuation Hospital 2747
For Combat Merits,0120158,Aviation Mechanic,800th Storm Aviation Regiment,"Mars"
For Combat Merits,0183587,Deputy Head,Account Staff,958th Rifle Regiment,Stalingrad
For Combat Merits,0298926,Welder,50th Guards Separate Motor-Rifle Scout Company
For Combat Merits,1723411,Tailor,1345th Rifle Regiment,399th Rifle Division
For Combat Merits,2478268,Section Commander,91st Separate Auto-Transport Battalion
For Combat Merits,3159520,Chairman Of The Village Soviet,Wounds 1946
For Combat Merits,U/N 1948,Squad Commander,336th Rifle Regiment,Wounds
For Combat Merits,U/N 1991,Head Of Radio Station,334th Border Regiment NKVD,Catch-Up