06-29-2011, 02:19 PM
Yes, this would probably be pre-1991. In that era, that was about the only way I ever saw Soviet awards. Dour guys in unstylish black suits and white shirts would show up in the OMSA bourse and search through the very few Soviet awards there and jot down any numbers that were legible. Wonder who they were and what they did with those numbers? It was much the same scene as their American cousins with the same terrible fashion sense who show up in the OMSA bourse these days and look for nasty illegal US Medals of Honor.
