Medal "For The Defence Of Sevastopol".

[matteti]

Hello Daax,
This was not done by the mint that's for sure!
Is it a date? I don't know, but the medal was only established in December 1942, so that cannot be the date the awardee received it.

Some medals have been seen with some similar numbers and they were usually the serial number of the award document accompanying the medal. In your case, it doesn't seem a document serial number neither.

My guess (just an idea) would be that this is a date of some sort that was meaningful to the awardee and has been done by the awardee after having received the medal somewhere later.

[daax]

Hi matteti

Well, it doesn't look like a serial number because of the space between the 4 and the 5 and the number 42 so I guess your're right about that it's a date.

Looking at the information about the Sevastopol medal it says that the defence of Sevestapol lasted between 5 November '41 and 4 July '42 so it could be referring to the two dates.
But then again, the number 41 is not marked on the medal so in that case that would be wrong.

Well, I guess it's an open question.

[ericlida]

It is only a guess.
The numbers are:
May 4, 1942.

[Alfred]

Question about the Sewastopol medal:

Which variations of the Sewastopol medal exist? Expecially which medals have on the reverse a longer hammer and sickle handle with dot above the blade / or without dot?


1 variation - medal without convex rim , ribbon of sailor caps are opened and have some distance to the neck
- with dot
- without dot

2a variation - medal with convex rim, ribbon of the sailor cap are opened and have some distance to the neck
- without dot

2b variation - medal with convex rim, ribbon of the sailor cap are closed and near the neck
- without dot


3 variation - "voenkomat" medals (different ring versions)
- only without dot

4 variation - 1993 version of the medal without gold plating
- only without dot

thanks in advance and best regards
Andreas

[CtahhR]

Here is a very well worn Sevastopol.
The stories it could tell....
Looks like it's "been through the wars".

[Tommy]

I like these medals,

They're like a "working mans Partisan Medal" in appearance i think :).

I have seen one for sale currently that looks like it's just come out of the mint.

Tommy

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Document for the Medal Defense of Sevastopol issued to Sailor Ivan Pavlovich Sankov on November 14th, 1944, by the Commander Black Sea Fleet, Colonel Khubezhev, Serial #I11089.

Document for the Medal Defense of Sevastopol issued to Captain Ivan Vasil’evich Kuksov dated October 3rd, 1944 by the Commander of the 2nd Minesweeping Brigade, Black Sea Fleet, Captain, 2nd Rank, Katuntsevsky, Serial #Zh37504.

Document for the Medal Defense of Sevastopol 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 #Zh03559.[/SIZE]

[CtahhR]

San'kov was an old (in his 40's!) Black Devil of the 2nd Perekop Regiment and was wounded during the Heroic Defence.

[Auke]

Document for the Medal Defense of Sevastopol issued to Sailor Ivan Pavlovich Sankov on November 14th, 1944, by the Commander Black Sea Fleet, Colonel Khubezhev, Serial #I11089.

The abbreviation "ЧФЭ" stands for "Черноморский флотский экипаж", something along the lines of "Black Sea Fleet Personnel Administration".

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Interesting Labor Victory, Defense of Sevastopol & the Caucasus documents group of Viktor Mikhailovich Gorshkov:

Document for the Medal Defense of Sevastopol dated January 3rd, 1946 by the Chairman of the Executive Committee Sevastopol City Council, People’s Deputy, Serial #I01783.

Document for the Medal Defense of the Caucasus dated May 20th, 1945 by the Director of Factory #201, Mokarev, Serial #L032213.

Document for the Medal Labor Victory dated July 4th, 1946 by the Chairman of the __?__ City Council, Serial #P197906.
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