05-02-2003, 12:34 AM
There's also a really nice copy of his uniform on display in the wax museum on Leninsky Prospekt there in Moscow. It's very nice, and as I recall, it has copies of his Hero Stars and Lenin Prizes. Unfortunately, I didn't have the foresightedness at the time (1996) to get a photo of it!
I heard from one source that when he died, 50 Gold Stars (both HSU and HSL) were removed from his estate. Another source told me that 12 were brought back into the Archives. I'd tend to bet that the actual figure would be somewhere inbetween. Undoubtedly, he had numerous wearing copies of his awards... After all, why go to the effort of unscrewing and re-screwing the stars on your uniform when you could have as many made as you wanted???
That would also lead to the question... If he could have all the Hero Stars made that he wanted, could he not have had multiple Orders of Victory? If I were he, I would have- why not?
--Dave
I heard from one source that when he died, 50 Gold Stars (both HSU and HSL) were removed from his estate. Another source told me that 12 were brought back into the Archives. I'd tend to bet that the actual figure would be somewhere inbetween. Undoubtedly, he had numerous wearing copies of his awards... After all, why go to the effort of unscrewing and re-screwing the stars on your uniform when you could have as many made as you wanted???
That would also lead to the question... If he could have all the Hero Stars made that he wanted, could he not have had multiple Orders of Victory? If I were he, I would have- why not?
--Dave
