Glory.

[ANZAC]

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate, trade, trade trade.:D :thumbsup:thumbsup

Gooooood deal awaits for 31K.:thumbsup

LOLOLOL

LOL I need a Cavalier set, you got one cheap?:rolleyes:

[3aStalina]

261010 - ready-made for the digital age :)

[ANZAC]

Due to the increasing number of posts on the Orders of Glory I have merged them all together under 1 sticky thread to make it easier for all users to find and read about this Order.

Brendan:)

[Norm Braddock]

LOL I need a Cavalier set, you got one cheap?:rolleyes:

Maaaate, I happen to have 2 Cavalier sets right now. I'll get Gretchen to send you one of them. Jennifer is still sleeping so I can't get her to do it.:thumbsup

Ah hell, I'm dreaming again.:thumbsdown:rolleyes:

[Stahanov]

Hi!

There's an Order of Glory 3rd class for sale with a serial number of 659 515. The number sounds pretty high. Could anyone tell how many third class Glories were awarded during the second world war?

[ANZAC]

Stah, around 960-980,000 have been awarded all up. Though they still have awarded them as late as the 1980's and 90s I believe.

600k is not that high and could be awarded for wounds received. Having said that, I have 675k that was awarded in 1944.

As far as actual awards being awarded during world war 2, there is some conjecture, some say 200,00 others 400,00. During my current research I am finding awardings higher than 400k.

REGARDS

Brendan

[Stahanov]

Thanks Brendan. I was sorta hoping for a Korean War award or something. :)

[ANZAC]

Thanks Brendan. I was sorta hoping for a Korean War award or something. :)

Another hot topic on Korean awarded Glories. Currently no supported documents have been shown for discussion. There are people who insist that Glories were awarded during this time, though as I said, no archival evidence has been submitted as yet.

Brendan

[ANZAC]

I am hoping as part of my research project to find such evidence and be able to present it to the collecting community. Time will tell;)

Brendan

[Norm Braddock]

Given the recent "adventure" that I had with a certain damn Aussie regarding an OG3, has anyone ever heard of an OG3 awarded as a catch up award for Stalingrad?

Oh, the "adventure".LOLOL Here it is:

Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Shirshovic, Andrei Ivanovich
2. Rank: Sergeant
3. Duty position: Sniper Squad Leader – 1344 Rifle Regiment, 319 Rifle Division
Recommendation for the Order of Glory III Class
4. Born: 1918
5. Nationality: Ukrainian
6. Party membership: candidate member #7482421 since 7.44
7. Previous combat: 2 Baltic Front since 5.44, 1 Baltic Front since 10.44, and 3 Belorussian Front since 1.45
8. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a
9. Time in Red Army: since 5.1944
10. Inducted by: Volskii Regional Military Commissariat, Siratov Oblast
11. Previous awards: Bravery Medal 28.8.44 from 1344 RR, Bravery Medal 13.9.44 from 1344 RR
12. Home of record: Poltava, Voikova St. Bldg 64; mother – Shirshova, Anastasiya Akimovna
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
Displaying courage and valor in the offensive to capture Stalingrad on 23-24.11.42, he raised his platoon to the attack and motivated his subordinates to be the first ones into the city and despite heavy enemy resistance, repeatedly killed the enemy from undisclosed positions. At the decisive moment of the battalion when the enemy repeatedly tried to counterattack , he killed the enemy officers leading the counterattack. He continued to fight, personally killing as many as six Germans with his sniper rifle in the vicinity of The Red October Factory.
He is deserving of the Order of Glory III Class.
Signed Regimental Commander, Colonel Komrakov on 3 February 1944
Awarded the Order of Glory III Class by Order #039/N of the 43 Guards “Latvian” Rifle Division dated 24.9.44


OK, he got me for less than 5 minutes. Two things gave it away. 1. OG3,2.too good to be true

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate, my devious kapusta mind is already planning a nice surprise for you.lolol:D