British Awards Bestowed On Red Army Personnel During World War II

[Will]

Beautiful photo !

It appears that he wears the breast star as well, making him a KCBE.

[Will]

I accidentally posted the photo to which I referred in my earlier post in a different thread and cannot repost it here
It is post number 43:

http://soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-mi...-ii-5.html.

[medals73]

Beautiful photo !

It appears that he wears the breast star as well, making him a KCBE.

No. KBE is the proper postnominal. GBE, KBE/DBE, CBE. OBE, and MBE.

[Will]

Interesting.
Thanks for the clarification.
For some reason I thought that the "Knight Commander" rank in the chivalry orders always had a "C" following the K.

[medals73]

Interesting.
Thanks for the clarification.
For some reason I thought that the "Knight Commander" rank in the chivalry orders always had a "C" following the K.

Some orders do, some don't. It is a KCB, but a KBE, go figure.

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

A stunningly crisp companion image to that seen in post # 35 above.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

A nice image of DHSU Guards Col Gen (later Marshal Tank Troops) Bogdanov seen wearing his honorary KBE at Karlshorst (Berlin), Germany on May 8th, 1945.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

A nice image of Distinguished Service Order winner HSU Guards Maj Gen P. V. Mironov. He commanded the 37th Guards Rifle Corps.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[Pobeda45]

Here's a British decoration to Captain (or Major here?) Ivan Aleksandrovich Musienko: later a Hero of the Soviet Union, and eventually a Major General. Here's a colorized photo of him with his MBE badge. In his personal file, Musienko described the award as "gift from king George VI."

[CtahhR]

I can tell you from experience there is nothing quite compares with getting a favour from a monarch.

Somehow I don't quite think these two exchanged gifts over a polite luncheon.

I wonder how it was seen later, "A bourgeoisie trinket of imperial decadence not in keeping with the party or state".