Thanks, Keith and Phillip, for your replies. Very informative! :thumbsup
Keith, since you found that image on the Latvian State Archives site, do you know how to use or navigate their online system? Do you know if I would be able to access the register documents online? I tried some searches through the archive website, but had no luck. I think the issue was less language (google translator!) than my total ignorance of the system and its organization.
I found a larger, clearer scan of the medal document on a Russian forum, so I've posted that.
I recently acquired one of these medals as part of a group I purchased from a fellow forum member. (I thought a document was included too, but perhaps we had a misunderstanding. Working on sorting that out.) It's mounted on a homemade bar with three other badges. I'll put images in following posts (the rest of the group will go on the researched awards forum once I get the archival documents).
The homemade bar.
A close-up of the medal.
I think it's authentic but would greatly appreciate second opinions.
Alex
Keith, since you found that image on the Latvian State Archives site, do you know how to use or navigate their online system? Do you know if I would be able to access the register documents online? I tried some searches through the archive website, but had no luck. I think the issue was less language (google translator!) than my total ignorance of the system and its organization.
I found a larger, clearer scan of the medal document on a Russian forum, so I've posted that.
I recently acquired one of these medals as part of a group I purchased from a fellow forum member. (I thought a document was included too, but perhaps we had a misunderstanding. Working on sorting that out.) It's mounted on a homemade bar with three other badges. I'll put images in following posts (the rest of the group will go on the researched awards forum once I get the archival documents).
The homemade bar.
A close-up of the medal.
I think it's authentic but would greatly appreciate second opinions.
Alex
