10-14-2002, 10:01 AM
Doesn't being a battlefield relic presuppose the awards were worn into combat and remained behind when the wearer did likewise?
I may be wrong here, but I've always thought that Soviet soldiers -- unlike their German opponents -- rarely if ever actually wore their awards into combat -- despite all the stirring images on the posters. The system, as I have understood it, is that the medals were kept under secure lock and key backl at headquarters, and were unlocked and reisssued when photo-ops were on the agenda?
Or am I wrong here?
Ed Haynes
I may be wrong here, but I've always thought that Soviet soldiers -- unlike their German opponents -- rarely if ever actually wore their awards into combat -- despite all the stirring images on the posters. The system, as I have understood it, is that the medals were kept under secure lock and key backl at headquarters, and were unlocked and reisssued when photo-ops were on the agenda?
Or am I wrong here?
Ed Haynes
