Questionable duplicate order of Lenin group

[Shocktrooper]

Hello everybody,

this group is for sale now. Is it genuine? Can anybody provide some information concerning this guy? Did he exist? Was he really a lieutenant colonel? What did he achieve?

Thank you very much!

[Shocktrooper]

More images to check...

[Shocktrooper]

And even more ...

[CtahhR]

This person is fictional. I think the rest speaks for itself.

[Shocktrooper]

@CtahhR: why do you think so? I found this citation today.

[CtahhR]

Yes you can find that.... but you can't find all that recipient's awards listed in this booklet... The name is very common but none of them had this array of awards. It's a good fake but fake never the less.

That is unless there is another page in this booklet recording his OPWII....

I could do the same with a fake group. Put the name Ivan Ivanov on the front page and you could find any award you like and line it up - but in the end it will be proved to be fake.

[Shocktrooper]

@CtahhR: Finally I got the award card from the archive and re really got all these awards!?

[CtahhR]

Sometimes too good to be true is too. Maybe the boundaries need to be shifted here a little. The Combat Merits will be for service during the Civil War.