12-11-2005, 09:10 PM
Doug,
I am looking forward to the picture...
The reason I am so curious is because the Soviets exercised a very tight control over the medals, and (me thinks) a medal could not appear on a banner without an official award document and a corresponding Ukaz. I can still imagine a veteran attaching his own medal to his unit combat banner at some sort of a commemorative ceremony.
Alexei
I am looking forward to the picture...
The reason I am so curious is because the Soviets exercised a very tight control over the medals, and (me thinks) a medal could not appear on a banner without an official award document and a corresponding Ukaz. I can still imagine a veteran attaching his own medal to his unit combat banner at some sort of a commemorative ceremony.
Alexei











