Photographs Of Recipients Of Soviet Awards/Service Personnel.

[Bill Garvy]

Defense of the Soviet Artic

[Pobeda45]

Moscow, Victory Day 2014. Two Veterans with medals as well as many veteran badges.

[Pobeda45]

Junior Sergeant Vyalkov Vladimir Aleksandrovich, born 1924, Detachment Commander of Telephone Platoon, Communication Regiment of 107 Rifle Division, 55 Rifle Division. Photographed in 1944 with his Order Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3 Class and a suspension Bravery Medal.

[Pobeda45]

Unknown Great Patriotic War veteran, photographed in Israel. Many great awards and badges, including Order of Glory-3; Order of the Badge of Honor; Bravery Medal; Excellent Scout Badge; Belarus Partisan Badge; many others.

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

HSL I. P. Andrianov.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Order of the Red Star, Patriotic War, 2nd Class (?), Combat Service Medal, Victory over Germany, and a Capture of Berlin, portrayed in this family (?) group picture, dedicated, "by heart, to Ivan Pavlovich, September 14th, 1947, Vinnytsia (Ukraine)."

By the way, really like the previous post of the Hero of Socialist Labor (with three Orders of Lenin!), especially the Donbass Medal! Don't see them being worn in photographs very often. . .[/SIZE]

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]January, 1946, an Order of the Patriotic War and two Orders of the Red Star, for them the war is over. . .

"Katie, July 22nd, 1945, Austria, Memories of World War II," as annotated on the reverse of this photograph, wearing her Excellent Medical Services Badge, Combat Service Medal, and Defense of Stalingrad. . .[/SIZE]

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

As we know, a triple BM winner is something special. It's even more amazing when all three BMs are hanging from square kolodkas.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[Al-muell]

This photograph comes from a 1945 pass to the steam engine repair plant, but since the railroad personnel had already shoulderboards then, I assume that the uniform is pre-1943 (he also has a photograph in this uniform in another, not railway-related doc from 1956). What is the rank and is it really pre-1943 uniform?

[CtahhR]

Going by the 1934-43 Rank system of the NPKS this would be an 8th Category Serviceman. This could mean he was a Machinsit (Engine Driver).

The rank system went 1st-4th Category (1-4 V Devices)
5th-8th Category (1-4 Hexagons)
9th to 12th Category (1-4 Stars)