03-03-2003, 10:31 AM
I am not an orders and medals guy, but in my own area:
- M1924 uniform of a "lieutenant-general" of the OGPU (state security) which consists of "French" tunic, hat and original silver two-piece "X Anniversary of the Cheka-OGPU" badge. The tunic is dated 1929 and is the only known OGPU general's tunic around (unless someone knows of one I haven't heard of). The actual rank is "Senior Inspector of the Chief Inspectorate of the OGPU" as there officially were no Soviet general's until 1940.
- M1943 service uniform of Marshal of the Engineering Troops Vorobyev, the first Soviet Marshal of the Engineers and head of the Red Army Engineers from 1942 till after the war.
- M1945 Victory Parade uniform to a Major General of the Engineer Troops with tunic, hat and proper M1943 parade belt.
- two genuine KGB identification booklets, one to a Major from 1958 and one to a Colonel (head of a Directorate of the Latvian KGB) from 1990/1991. Both are part of sets which come with other IDs and award documents.
- set of WWII Red Army maps, there are four maps each consisting of several 1:100,000 scale maps sheets pasted together (they range from 3 to a massive 16 sheets). The maps are marked with regular, red, blue, black and orange pencil marks showing the operations of the 4th Guards Tank Army in the early phases of the Berlin operation and then in the Prague operation in April and May 1945.
No one should ever feel reluctant to talk about their "crown jewels". We all start somwehere. Eleven years ago my list was:
- 1983-dated airborne (VDV) beret
- M1969 air force officer's parade hat
- post-war Order of the Red Star
- KGB Border Guard private's shoulder boards
- Victory over Germany medal.
Shawn
- M1924 uniform of a "lieutenant-general" of the OGPU (state security) which consists of "French" tunic, hat and original silver two-piece "X Anniversary of the Cheka-OGPU" badge. The tunic is dated 1929 and is the only known OGPU general's tunic around (unless someone knows of one I haven't heard of). The actual rank is "Senior Inspector of the Chief Inspectorate of the OGPU" as there officially were no Soviet general's until 1940.
- M1943 service uniform of Marshal of the Engineering Troops Vorobyev, the first Soviet Marshal of the Engineers and head of the Red Army Engineers from 1942 till after the war.
- M1945 Victory Parade uniform to a Major General of the Engineer Troops with tunic, hat and proper M1943 parade belt.
- two genuine KGB identification booklets, one to a Major from 1958 and one to a Colonel (head of a Directorate of the Latvian KGB) from 1990/1991. Both are part of sets which come with other IDs and award documents.
- set of WWII Red Army maps, there are four maps each consisting of several 1:100,000 scale maps sheets pasted together (they range from 3 to a massive 16 sheets). The maps are marked with regular, red, blue, black and orange pencil marks showing the operations of the 4th Guards Tank Army in the early phases of the Berlin operation and then in the Prague operation in April and May 1945.
No one should ever feel reluctant to talk about their "crown jewels". We all start somwehere. Eleven years ago my list was:
- 1983-dated airborne (VDV) beret
- M1969 air force officer's parade hat
- post-war Order of the Red Star
- KGB Border Guard private's shoulder boards
- Victory over Germany medal.
Shawn
