05-13-2002, 11:24 PM
Here's a great picture of Junior Leiutenant Ivan Markovich Zhurba, Hero of the Soviet Union (awarded 3 June 44) who was awarded the US Legion of Merit by the Military Mission to Moscow in December 44. I'm unsure of the reason the LOM was awarded, but it is interesting to note that the ribbon has been made into a tri-fold! I was offered this medal (he died in 1962, so all his other awards had been returned to the State) but his daughter (who was selling the medal) had been told that the medal was worth far more than it actually was (by about four or five times) and there was no way that I could rationalize spending that much on the medal! I did get to keep a scan of the photo... Enjoy!
--Dave
--Dave
