Captured And Repurposed Paper

[CtahhR]

Here is an example of paper captured from Slovakia. I've had this a few years but not really paid much attention.

A citation of the 226th Rifle Division.

[Pobeda45]

That irony could very well have been the purpose. I have seen quite a few citations on German, Czech, and even Chinese paper, like the citation below. I can't imagine the Red Army was that low on paper that they had to resort to procuring paper locally.

This one seems super interesting, signed by a Mongolian Army officer..any chance you could post the entire citation?

George

[Auke]

I researched this for somebody else, so I'd rather not post it here. It's the citation of a 500K Glory 3rd Class awarded to a Khalkha Mongolian Tsirik (Private). The citation was signed by General Issa Pliyev in his capacity as Commander in Chief of the Soviet forces in Mongolia.

[CtahhR]

If the citation is on "the site" you could just provide a link. Mind you some of those later awards are taking their time showing up.... but are coming - slowly but surely.

[Auke]

Since we're on the subject of foreign paper, this is a prikaz printed on a captured document from the German 3rd Mountain Division:

[CtahhR]

Here's a piece captured from the Empire Of Manchukuo and repurposed by the 298th Rifle Division.

[CtahhR]

Here's a message the Germans never received. It awarded a Red Banner after being captured by the 6th Army in 1943.

[Bill Garvy]

Wound/Hospitalization Certificate dated August 10th, 1944 issued to Hero of the Soviet Union (#4069) Aleksei Nikolaevich Ksynkin printed on butter wrapping paper; "guns to butter".