Mark,
interesting point.
One of the pilots in Spain Evgeny Stepanov fought on many fronts. He was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for cumulative activities in carrying out combat missions in both Spain and Mongolia. Following his command in Mongolia, he was posted as an adviser to air force units that fought in an operation referred to as the liberation of western Belorussia (the occupation of eastern Poland) in September 1939, and during the armed conflict with Finland in the winter of 1939. Then after the German invasion on June 22nd, 1941, he served in the Moscow air defense system.
I wonder what his group looks like?
Eddie
Everybody's equal, But some more than others!
"Those who come to us with the sword - will be killed by the sword" - Alexander Nevski
Mark,
this going by the Herfurth book but on the site above are three different awards.
Pictured as:
The Order of the Red Banner of Combat 1st type (1926) - is the Order for Military Valour, type 2
Second type (1940) - is the Order of the Red Banner of Military Valour
Third type (1945) - is the Order of the Red Combat Banner
The last two are seen on some sources to be the same order but different types. Depending on which system you choose or prefer is of course another matter, on the forum here we use the Herfurth system because it is a Book.
Until all views become united it is in my opinion the best reference. If you have the Herfurth Book to hand you can see what I mean.
Eddie
Everybody's equal, But some more than others!
"Those who come to us with the sword - will be killed by the sword" - Alexander Nevski
I have this picture in my pile of red army soldiers and I was wondering why this one wears his guard badge on his left chest. All the other I have wear it on the right. For my learning, I would also like to know what type of uniform he is wearing and from what period approximately.
It's a post-1943 shot, probably taken around 1945 or so... The reason the Guards badge is on the wrong side is because the negative is reversed! Note the way the gymnastorka opens and the direction of the Guards flag. :D
10-02-2004, 04:38 PM (This post was last modified: 04-15-2014, 10:30 PM by CtahhR.)
Christophe Wrote:What is the ribbon award he seems to have on his "real" left chest ?
Ch.
I cannot make it out. I tried to zoom this section, but cannot see anythig. It seems indeed to be a ribbon bar, but I don't see any vertical lines in it (unless there is one on the edge of the ribbon which I cannot distinguish).
Since we are in the photos and I found few people to answer me, I am going ahead with another pciture. I don't have any date or info at the back of that photo.
It seems to be shortly post-war because of the victory over germany medal and ribbon bar. The soldier on the left also has same gymnastorka model as the one on the picture in post 1 of that thread.
I was wondering why the man on the right doesn't have shoulder board and has pants with different shape that the soldier on the left. He also has a ribbon bar for medal. Can he be a partisan? (If I remember correctly, Partisan were wearing uniform but with no rank insigna).
