I wonder if its a War Medal 1939-45? The hangar (if thats the right word) doesn't look right. It defo looks like King George though. I couldn't find anything similiar in the list of Soviet Decorations and awards.
Now I've blown it up it looks like Lenin HHmmmmm.The straight suspender is`nt typical of any Russian award I`ve seen. I do know that various British gallantry awards were issued to foreign nationals (un-named)....HHmmmmm..
I just googled DSM for an obverse view because Dorlings didn't have one and it looks like this is not the right royal image. Quite a puzzle. phil
What about the War medal Phil? I has a similiar ribbon pattern and straightner ....Jim is that the right name for that bit I called the hanger? I tend to make it up now and then Infact its not a DSM he's not wearing a crown. The more I look at it the more it looks like Lenin...I swear I can see his tash
The War Medal has a different enough pattern than this. It is like he had the DSM ribbon and the War medal and just joined them together. What does he know tea from toast on something like this? Bought them at the Moscow flea market on leave and decorated himself. Other ideas? I've checked my ribbon charts, and I don't see anything other than this ribbon pattern that looks remotely close.
Just saw another member viewing this thread & I've edited title slightly. Be interesting to get a positive ID.
Not a Soviet medal, they use(d) ribbon is a completely different pattern. He is also wearing the Defence of Sevastopol medal, to show the hanging, and on the left breast the Order of the Great Patriotic War, Class unknown and another one I'm not identifying at the moment. Rewritten as: Not a Soviet medal, The Russian hanging method from the 19th Century onwards is a completely different pattern. He is also wearing the Defence of Sevastopol medal, seen below to show the Russian style hanging, and on the right breast above the Order of the Great Patriotic War, Class undetermined, below another one I cannot identify but not a Soviet military award, at most some proficiency badge. The one on the left breast could well be a foreign medal from another Black Sea country, say Roumania or Bulgaria. Or a DSM, Lenin didn't have a square head at the back
Post above rewritten. Can anyone read the name of the ship in the cap band? I can't make it out, it might be interesting as the OGPW was quite a bravery award.
His cap band doesn't states name of ship it. It states - ПОДВОДНЫЕ ВОЙСКА which is Submarine Units in English (quite a bad translation, I assume) so this sailor is submarine's one.
Look who's here! Night came so you could climb out of your coffin? Do you recognize the award under the OGPW? It appears to have the St. George ribbon as in the Victory over Germany medal. And I still think that "other" medal looks more like the DSM than anything else. Same ribbon, same hanging fitting, arguably same effigy...
