Medal "For The Defence Of The Soviet Transarctic".

[Shocktrooper]

Oh - I surely didn`t expect that :) !

Thank you !

Jens*

[travel-north]

This is my polar defense type 1 medal, one of my favorite items in my collection. It's been preserved really well over the years and it's a good example that a wartime medal can be in a condition as good as voenkomat medal.

[Alfred]

great condition

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Document for the Medal and Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Arctic awarded to Medical Service Senior Sergeant Polina Dmitrievna Leushchina(?) on June 10th, 1945 by the Chief Surgeon, Mobile Field Hospital #732, Medical Service Major Mitushin, Serial #V045110.

My thanks to desantnik for his invaluable assistance deciphering the Cyrillic cursive!
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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]- Document for the Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Arctic awarded to Captain Mikhail Tikhonovich M a r k o v on March 6th, 1947 and signed by the Regional Military Commissar of the Central Raion of the city of Nikolayev, Lieutenant Colonel Suchilin, Serial #ZH010747.

- Document for the Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Arctic awarded to Sergeant Vasily Kirillovich Bobylyov on May 29th, 1945 and signed by the Commandant of the 2nd Chudovo Fortified District, Colonel Rossiychenko, Serial #V038729.

- Document for the Medal Defense of the Soviet Artic issued to Ivan Andrianovich Pankratov dated July 12th, 1945 by the Chairman and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Murmansk Regional Council of People’s Deputies, Serial #B006684.
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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]- Document for the Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Arctic awarded to Simeon Efimovich Kashinsky issued April 14th, 1946 and signed by the Commander of the 1st Independent Airfield Engineer Battalion, 3rd Aviation Corps[?], Captain Karnoushenko, Serial #E037728.

- Document for the Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Arctic awarded to Guards Captain Pyotr Pavlovich Gulyayev issued March 28th, 1945 by the commander of the 17th Guards Ground-Attack Aviation Regiment, Guards Major Statkevich, Serial #A047712.

- Document for the Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Arctic awarded to Anastasiya Mikhailovna Golubeva on November 6th, 1945 by the Chief of the Northern Fleet Ship Repair Facility Engineer-Captain Grishchenko, Serial #E001984.[/SIZE]

[CtahhR]

Here's one that slipped through the cracks and managed not to get posted until now. Tidy original connecting ring, two piece kolodka and well used ribbon.

At some point it has had a copper wash over the brass (mainly visible on the rear) which seems strange as usually things are made Golden or Silver. Someone may have been excited whilst cleaning/polishing and picked up the wrong liquid.

I'd really like to see one of these Medals in a group where the recipient received the LVOG and not military variation.

[Bill Garvy]

Document for the Medal Defense of the Soviet Artic issued to Senior Sergeant Fedor Trofimovich Yermakov dated July 17th, 1945 by the Chief of Staff of the Separate Military Field Post of Communications, Maritime Group of Forces, Lieutenant-Colonel Myaskovsim, Serial #G013639.

[CtahhR]

All good.

Practice makes perfect!

[dalcaissian]

This is my newest document. It came with a VOG also. I believe his name is Vukmor Andreivich Tukalo? (I'm trying to learn how to read these better). Can anyone shed any more light on this?