Medal "For Valiant Labour During The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945".

[Mahdi]

Yes, this document looks normal in every sense of the word... except for the fact that the medal is "For Meritorius Labor During WWII" and the award date is 1995...

[Tal Inbar]

Very interesting!

It could be a re-issue medal. I can't believe anyone will try to fake a document for this medal. Also look at the stamp - with the RUSSIAN symbol - which indicate - maybe - that this is a re-issue, done on an old Soviet document.

Tal

[Art]

1995 was the fifty year anniversary of the GPW, perhaps these were made specifically for this event? similar to jubilee issue of the Order of the PW in 1985?

[Mahdi]

Yes, it definitely could be a commemorative one. In fact, that's what I thought... until I saw this document. Now what I think is that it is either a reissue, or given to someone who did deserve the award but was never given it...

[Art]

Mahdi,

I would think it would have been issued like a labor commemorative for anyone who was alive and working in the GPW. Similar to the very easy requirements for the Jubilee issue of the Order of the GPW. Interesting though..

[Nota Bene]

Is this an epidemy? Interestingly enough they come with the same medals the Umalatova and Co are still issuing.

Alexei

[Tal Inbar]

And the fact that they use the Soviet award certificates...there must be a HUGE amount of Soviet era paper documents. Otherwise, it is to be expected that a Russian document or letter will be used. (BTW, I have some members of my family, which live in Israel, and still have Russian citizenship. However, the travell to Russia and use their SOVIET passports, with a stamp from the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv, extending the passport's validity...).

[Nota Bene]

Tal,

This is just a guess, but I don't believe these are Soviet. Soviet documents had a picture of the medal printed on the left side.

Alexei

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Later and more scarce variation of the Document for the Medal for Valiant Labor awarded to Ivan N. Rozhkov, dated February 10th, 1994, serial #AA580796.

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[desantnik]

[SIZE="3"]Later and more scarce variation of the Document for the Medal for Valiant Labor awarded to Ivan N. Rozhkov, serial #AA580796.

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Bill, is this an Umalatova doc? Is the awarding year '94? Thx!