09-01-2006, 12:08 AM
Dave, but Prikaz date has nothing to do with award's number. This is incorrect matching. I have Glory 785.XXX that was given to a veteran in 1968, but the date of the Prikaz was April 1944. In many cases the distance between Prikaz and the actual event of receiving the Glory measured by months and even years.
I strongly believe that if you want to create a list of the numbers, they should be tied to the dates when a soldier received his Glory, not to the Prikaz dates.
Here are some examples.
Glory 362269 was received on May 4, 1945.
372134 - on May 17, 1945.
382630 - on June 9, 1945.
Numbers higher than 400.000 were received after the Victory Day:
521761 - December 23, 1945.
529234 - February 21, 1946.
566571 - January 12, 1948.
Forgot to add one thing. I agree that actual dates of issue are hard to find. But if you want to display precise and correct figures, you should only use dates of issue. One source of those datas - Temporary Certificates. They all have date of issue (which is the date when award was given to recipient).
The other source - protocols of presentation. Probably you are familiar with this type of document. Here is an example. Compare the date of Prikaz for this Glory and the date of issue :)
I strongly believe that if you want to create a list of the numbers, they should be tied to the dates when a soldier received his Glory, not to the Prikaz dates.
Here are some examples.
Glory 362269 was received on May 4, 1945.
372134 - on May 17, 1945.
382630 - on June 9, 1945.
Numbers higher than 400.000 were received after the Victory Day:
521761 - December 23, 1945.
529234 - February 21, 1946.
566571 - January 12, 1948.
Forgot to add one thing. I agree that actual dates of issue are hard to find. But if you want to display precise and correct figures, you should only use dates of issue. One source of those datas - Temporary Certificates. They all have date of issue (which is the date when award was given to recipient).
The other source - protocols of presentation. Probably you are familiar with this type of document. Here is an example. Compare the date of Prikaz for this Glory and the date of issue :)












