06-09-2003, 12:33 AM
Eugene...
Thanks so much for both the anecdotal information, and the scan of the splendid group. That is a great assemblage of awards and documentary material.
I suppose that what I find somewhat confusing about this subject is this:
The recipient of a State Prize would receive a large, formal award document as well as the small award certificate. My understanding of the function of the small document is that it was meant to be carried on the person, so that the recipient could prove that he or she was entitled to wear the Prize medal, and that they were entitled to the rights and priveleges of a recipient of a State Prize.
Now, of course, if they were stopped by someone in authority, I would have thought that the primary means to prove that the State Prize medal that they were wearing (on those occasions when they were actually wearing it) was in fact theirs, would have been for the number on the medal to match the number on the certificate.
So it may be that I am overemphasizing the importance of the Identification book or its role in this respect.
One thing I would be curious about, though, is the number that was recorded in the Order Book for a State Prize recipient who had other awards. I would presume that if he received a medal and certificate where the numbers did not match, they would record the medal number in his Order book with other award he had received.
Thanks so much for both the anecdotal information, and the scan of the splendid group. That is a great assemblage of awards and documentary material.
I suppose that what I find somewhat confusing about this subject is this:
The recipient of a State Prize would receive a large, formal award document as well as the small award certificate. My understanding of the function of the small document is that it was meant to be carried on the person, so that the recipient could prove that he or she was entitled to wear the Prize medal, and that they were entitled to the rights and priveleges of a recipient of a State Prize.
Now, of course, if they were stopped by someone in authority, I would have thought that the primary means to prove that the State Prize medal that they were wearing (on those occasions when they were actually wearing it) was in fact theirs, would have been for the number on the medal to match the number on the certificate.
So it may be that I am overemphasizing the importance of the Identification book or its role in this respect.
One thing I would be curious about, though, is the number that was recorded in the Order Book for a State Prize recipient who had other awards. I would presume that if he received a medal and certificate where the numbers did not match, they would record the medal number in his Order book with other award he had received.
