03-15-2012, 04:02 AM
RedMaestro2 Wrote:Hi Marc,
Very true. Evidently this was a big decree day; I've heard of at least 4 possibilities. So I think the second document (OSH3) I posted is a far less likely match. However, the first (OBH) still seems to me to confirm that this Red Star is a KGB award. Again, the OBH was awarded to a Georgian KGB officer, and the document handwriting matches exactly. In the absence of archival sources (which, if it is a KGB award, is unlikely to surface), I think it is a pretty safe guess.
Alex
I still think it a "for wounds received" awarding. If the docs you show really are KGB awardings, their ordenskaya knizhka serial numbers are far enough away from the Red Star in question, moreover for awardings that suppoedly occurred the same day :confused:
