I wonder if the medal in question could be a trade item. Traded with a Soviet soldier the US vet met in say Berlin while both were on occupation duty? Up until the Blockade/Airlift contact between the Western Allied troops and Red Army soldiers was not uncommon . . . It would be interesting to know whether the US vet had a German Occupation Medal . . .
Without providence one can only speculate. The hearsay of a family member can not be regarded as proof. The veteran could have acquired it any time in the last 65 years if it was even ever in his possession. Now he's gone we'll never know.
two of my medals in comparison to each other. If they are both genuine, what I do believe, the strange thing is, that the first one has gold plating, the other one not, despite the fact that it seems to be the same mint stamp !?
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[SIZE="3"]Document for the Liberation of Warsaw issued to Leonid Alekseevich Gavrilov dated April ____, 1947, 22nd _______ _______, Colonel Romanenko, Serial #B004097.
Document for the Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw issued to Vera Nikitichna Solovyanova on October 19th, 1967 by the Regional Military Commissariat of Artemovskk, Donetsk, Ukraine, Serial #AB208044.[/SIZE]
Document for the Liberation of Warsaw issued to Aleksei Antonovich Gusov dated December 20th, 1947 and signed by Colonel and Hero of Socialist Labor (#195) Joseph Myronovich Shapovalov, Commander of the 15th Regiment of Separate Railroad Construction, Serial #A094402.
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[SIZE="3"]Temporary Certificate (#107) dated June 25th, 1945 issued to Senior Lieutenant, Medical Services, Raisa Valer’yanovna Chernovol for the Medal Liberation of Warsaw as Senior Surgical Nurse of a General Surgery Group, 1st Belorussian Front, by the Commander of the 69th Sanitary Department, Major Petryakov.
Document for the Medal Liberation of Warsaw dated January 19th, 1946 issued to Senior Lieutenant, Medical Services, Raisa Valer’yanovna Chernovol by the Headquarters of the Chief Commander of Baku (Azerbaijan SSR) Military District, Colonel Morozov. Serial #A021151.
Document for the Medal Liberation of Warsaw issued to Senior Lieutenant Grigory Fedorovich Goyelousov dated April 7th, 1946 by Colonel and Hero of the Soviet Union (#5659) Georgiy Matveevich Lenev, 902nd Infantry Regiment, 248th Infantry Division, 5th Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front, Serial #A220584.
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