If I understand it correctly, you also have a wartime record card, which lists the OPW1, right? Does it have the blue "award issued" stamp? Since the OPW1 isn't mentioned on his 1946 record card, it seems that Shvedov never received it, making this whole thing an administrative error with some inattentive officer issuing him an RB instead of an OPW1.
Tommy Wrote:If not, who does this RB belong to :(If you researched this RB via its serial number, which I assume is the case, there's nothing to worry about. A researcher digs through the vast award issue logs (protokoly), which links serial numbers to names (in this case RB #240590 to your guy Shvedov). These lists wouldn't mix up RBs and OPWs.
desantnik Wrote:Another possibility is to order the research for an OPWI of the same number and see what you get.But we don't have an OPW1 serial number, or am I missing something? If you submit the OPW1 for research with the RB's number I'm pretty sure you will get the record card of an entirely different guy.
