Medal "For Bravery".

[EricFG]

Originally Posted by Lapa

The mint made a whole lot of medals at one time, which were then split up and sent to the various fronts. It means that a medal could be awarded even several years after it was manufactured; it also means that some fronts which received higher serial numbered medals would issue them sometimes before some lower-numbered medals sent to other fronts.

That was my understanding as well. And Marc is much more well informed than I.

[Riley1965]

Here's a new arrival. It's an early suspension Bravery Medal s/n 94.706. It was awarded to a Medical Officer " who has proven himself to be an Excellent Medical Worker. He has evacuated many wounded soldiers and officers, as a result saving many lives. He has made improvements in the Regimental Mediacl Point. Comrade Ivanov is not concerned with his own safety. During the fighting from 31 December 1942 through 10 January 1943 he excellently rendered aid to the wounded. Comrade Ivanov personally went forward and also ensured medical personnel were distributed throughout the ranks". I have his Award Card and Citation for the Bravery Medal. I'm going to request the remaing citations and Personnel file. Many Thanks Paul!!!

:thumbsup:thumbsup Doc

[medals73]

Nice one, and especially good to have the research on such a late (suspension) and early (serial number) one! :)

And right in your area too! :) :D

[Nota Bene]

Doc,

These often have replacement screwplates or other minor problems, but yours is just great!

Alexei

[Sergei]

Beautiful medal ( I am yet to get get one of those) and a great piece of history to go with it, congratulations! :thumbsup
Looks like a good start to 2008?
Sergei

[jefflgarrison]

Found this on our local auction site (allegro.pl). While it is totally bogus, the uninformed might think his descriptions are true. However, his $80 asking price is about 3-4 times what they are currently going for here in Poland.

Picture #1: Order given to privates (letters without enamel). Number on reverse #3.312.775

Picture #2: Order given to officers (letters with enamel). Number on reverse #1.585.498

What some people will do to try to get more money from an award.

[bdgfate]

Originally Posted by Ruiz

This is the numeration of the medal of valour:

13.811 07.03.1940
96.695 01.02.1943------------Is Correct this numeration?
112.814 07.12.1942
159.218 22.02.1943
198.463 18.02.1943
246.667 23.04.1943
327.525 20.07.1943
347.049 01.09.1943
745.775 05.02.1944
746.222 01.02.1944
1.030.518 03.03.1944
1.044.724 17.07.1944
1.268.544 30.03.1944
1.351.396 26.08.1944
1.363.366 02.10.1944
1.530.440 20.12.1944
1.577.386 22.08.1944
1.624.206 30.09.1944
1.659.548 13.08.1944
1.687.818 31.08.1944
1.687.854 10.11.1944
1.697.816 07.09.1944
1.961.373 15.02.1945
2.370.720 12.01.1945
2.452.683 22.02.1945
2.454.862 09.05.1945
2.473.161 23.05.1945
2.602.999 01.06.1945
2.821.213 17.06.1945
3.105.573 26.05.1945
3.220.514 24.05.1945

Can someone explain how to interpret the date info? Are those dates of known presentation of that serial number?

[desantnik]

Originally Posted by bdgfate

Can someone explain how to interpret the date info? Are those dates of known presentation of that serial number?

Although I didn't post the data here, the serial #'s and dates correspond to information from my book Echoes of War.

The data in my book includes additionally awarding unit information which is not captured here.

To answer your question, the data allows a collector or researcher to better determine approximate awarding times and/or organizations for awards by serial number.

[kameli]

Recently sold in a local internet auction.

Number 8091. Only these a quite poor pictures available, but it looks alright...

[Lapa]

Kameli,

That is a nice one :thumbsup
What was the final price?

Marc