Suspensions, Ribbons, Ribbon Bars And Order Of Precedence.

[charlet]

Vershinin earned his star in 1944.

[DougD]

Sadly, I would say nearly all the so called Gorshkov uniforms ( i sold 2 myself way back when i thought they were ok) are surplus parts uniforms. Probably not out right copies but non issued parts put together for showy display. I have seen over 25 of them for sale and they all have the same basic pattern. If you want a showy item its ok, but i doubt very much it was ever Gorshkovs.

DougD

[sovvisor]

Thank you for your advice. It helps me a lot.
Best

[Esteban_cool]

Those ribbons are very similar to a copy of Brezhnev´s ones that were for sale on Ebay, I think. I would say that those of Gorshkov are fantasy. The "thing" in which the ribbon bars are put is likely the same.
Look at this and compare with the upper pic.

[Dave]

According to "Heroes of the USSR", Vershinin had (as of the time of his death in 1973):

-6 Orders of Lenin
-Order of October Revolution
-3 Orders of the Red Banner
-3 Orders of Suvorov 1st
-Order of Suvorov 2nd
-Patriotic War 1st

Which pretty much matches the ribbons on this fellow's uniform if they date from the 50's...

--Dave

[otlichnik]

On more thing to check. This ribbon set shows a great deal of Polish experience - Kaliningrad and Warsaw medals and three Polish awards. Does that match Vershinin's history??

Shawn

[sovvisor]

Help anyone??

[sovvisor]

ribbons

[charlet]

this time the star has been added...well, he has Caucasus and Koenigsberg medals...for Poland, this is the calssic polonia restituta and a rarer virtuti military (very high order), the third...grunwald badge?
for teh 4 lenins, for a m49 uniform it is possible: he had time enough to get the 2 more leinins for birthdays as it was so current...

[Kim]

This is a pic from the exihibition at the central naval museum, St Petersburg. I can't remember now but I think it was Gorshkovs... or am I wrong? Doug you have been there a couple of times. Is this real or just for "museum-use"?

/Kim