Medal "For The Defence Of Odessa".

[travel-north]

Thanks for photoshopping! You can clearly see that these are two different stamps. It would great to hear from our experts what they think.

[JensF.]

Finally, after 16 years of collecting, I got this one which completes my campaign medal collection. :D

[travel-north]

Congrats. Do you collect all variations?

[JensF.]

Thanks. No, I was just glad to get one of each for a good price.

[travel-north]

Well, I'd love to see your entire campaign medals collection. Campaign medals are my passion.

[JensF.]

Here they are :-)

[travel-north]

I haven't posted my Odessa on this forum, so here it is :)

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Document for the Medal Defense of Odessa issued to Captain Petr Nikitovich Buryak dated May 30th, 1944 by the 24th Defensive Construction Management, Engineer Lieutenant-Colonel Kozlov, Reserve High Command, Serial #M06467.
Note: Stamp of the 15th Ukrainian Military Field Construction Unit.

Document for the Medal Defense of Odessa issued to Colonel Petr Aleksandrovich Musin dated June 22nd, 1943 by the Deputy Chief of the Main Department Of Communications of the Red Army, Major-General Of Communications Troops Strelkov, Serial #N05036.

Document for the Medal Defense of Odessa issued to Captain, 3rd Grade, Vladimir Stepanovich Kozlov dated July 3rd, 1944 by the Chief of the Rear Area, Northern Fleet, (Engineer) Rear-Admiral (Kontr-Admiral) Dubrovin, Serial #M01247.[/SIZE]

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Document for the Medal Defense of Odessa issued to Comrade Mikhail Grigor’vich Rossoshenko dated April 14th, 1945 by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of People’s Deputies, Davidenko, Serial #M30137.

Document for the Medal Defense of Odessa issued to Senior Red Navy Sailor Ivan Andreevich Vovdenko dated July 26th, 1943 by the Commander of the 167th Independent Artillery Division, Black Sea Fleet, Major Zinov'yev, Serial #N08778.

Document for the Medal Defense of Odessa issued to Mikhail Dmitriyevich Kravtsov dated June 27th, 1943 by the Commander of the Separate Gun Boat Division of the Black Sea Fleet, (ОДКЛ ЧФ, Отдельная дивизион канонерские лодки), Captain, 2nd Grade, Kantsevskiy, Serial #N00811.[/SIZE]

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Document for the Medal Defense of Odessa issued to Afanasiy Mikhaylovich Aleksenko dated August 28th, 1971 by the Nikopol City Military Commissariat, Colonel Krapiva, Serial #N001715

Document for the Medal Defense of Odessa issued to Guards Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Vladimirovich Pogarskiy dated September 25th, 1944 by the Department of Personnel, Guards Army, People’s Commissariat of Defense, Serial #M07109

Document for the Medal Defense of Odessa dated July 22nd, 1944 by the Commander of the 6th “Kerch” Division of Patrol Boats, Regional Sea Defense, Odessa Naval Base, Black Sea Fleet (6-й КДМО ОВР ОВМБ Чф, 6-й Керченский Дивизион Малых Oхотников Охрана Водного Района Одесса Военно-Морская База Черноморский флот), Captain, 3rd Grade, & Hero of the Soviet Union (#2902), Grigoriy Ivanovich Gnatenko, Serial #M12420[/SIZE]