01-07-2014, 05:26 PM
Here is an early 1945 photograph of Guards Lieutenant Colonel Grigorij Sergeevich Gorchakov, Chief Of Staff, 5th Guards Airborne Division, taken in Sankt Pölten. By this time he was a triple recipient of the Red Banner. So why only two?
In 1937 he was "questioned" by the NKVD and they confiscated his RSFSR Red Banner #97. Even with the (second) distinct wartime service he didn't get a duplicate until well into the 1950's.
In 1937 he was "questioned" by the NKVD and they confiscated his RSFSR Red Banner #97. Even with the (second) distinct wartime service he didn't get a duplicate until well into the 1950's.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
