10-11-2011, 03:02 PM
CtahhR Wrote:I was once told by a former Begeers employee that the USSR had the company produce a batch of 30 Partisan Medals 1st Class. I don't know if they were to be awarded to Dutch "helpers" or anyone else. I was informed that the batch was not made exactly to the Soviets' specifications (and they may have stayed with Begeers in their entirety or some may have been awarded to Dutch citizens). Begeers may have also produced tiny batches of other Soviet awards intended for Dutch citizens. I have contacted Begeers on the matter and they will not confirm nor deny. It's not really a good subject to air as not only is it not the most "P.C." to have made awards for the Cold War "enemy" but also to have made them to a disappointing quality.
As for finding out about Soviet awards awarded to the people of the Netherlands shouldn't there be accounts of these with the formerly Soviet and now Russian embassy? I'm sure they'll have who what where and when somewhere in the records. Getting access to those records is a totally different game though.
Anything's possible, but it doesn't sound very logical or economical.












