11-16-2008, 11:14 PM
I believe this is actually the initial "field" issue for this man's CSM. The red covered awards and orders books we see were generally done at the Voenkomat after the war when these dudes were demobilized, and compiled their awards into one spot. But... When they actually received the award in the field, they'd get this paper copy which would be, in effect, the actual "orders" authorizing the award. So, what you have here is this man's original award document from during the war for a 1.9mil CSM. Old dudes, is this about right?












