Dear Christian,
As far as I know, there are not a lot of veterans with "too many" awards to wear on their uniforms. I also do not recall coming across any regulations stating that Soviet soldiers are required to wear any foreign awards given to them. However, there are cases where only the most significant awards would be worn (Soviet, that is) and others would be left out. Check out these two photos of Zhukov wearing ALL of his Soviet and foreign awards (at the time the picture was made), and of Brezhnev wearing ribbons for all his Soviet and foreign awards. Oh, one more thing - some Soviet soldiers that were awarded German awards before WWII did not wear these after and during the war.
Take care!
Brezhnev had (still has, I guess) a nickname in Russia --- "kollektsioner," which is the Russian word for collector.
As far as I know, there are not a lot of veterans with "too many" awards to wear on their uniforms. I also do not recall coming across any regulations stating that Soviet soldiers are required to wear any foreign awards given to them. However, there are cases where only the most significant awards would be worn (Soviet, that is) and others would be left out. Check out these two photos of Zhukov wearing ALL of his Soviet and foreign awards (at the time the picture was made), and of Brezhnev wearing ribbons for all his Soviet and foreign awards. Oh, one more thing - some Soviet soldiers that were awarded German awards before WWII did not wear these after and during the war.
Take care!
Brezhnev had (still has, I guess) a nickname in Russia --- "kollektsioner," which is the Russian word for collector.













