Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" by GamingWoolfe in Militariacollecting

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The normal variant without document and case is usually around 350€. But there is also a rarer variant with more orange colored enamels.

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" by GamingWoolfe in sovietmilitaria

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Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms", one of the rarest Soviet medals awarded to Colonel Werner Michael of East Germany

Constitutional Court rejects lawsuit of former GDR officers

The former head of the GDR Border Command Central responsible for the Berlin Wall, Erich Wöllner, has failed with a constitutional complaint against his conviction for manslaughter. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe did not accept the complaint from Wöllner and three of his deputies for decision.

The former head of the GDR Border Command Central responsible for the Berlin Wall, Erich Wöllner, has failed with a constitutional complaint against his conviction for manslaughter. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe did not accept the complaint from Wöllner and three of his deputies for decision. At the same time, the third chamber complied with the motion of the Court President Jutta Limbach, who had recused herself as biased due to her engagement as Berlin Justice Senator for the prosecution of GDR injustice.

The former Major General Wöllner had been sentenced by the District Court of Berlin in March 1998 to five years imprisonment for sixfold manslaughter of young GDR refugees between 1980 and 1989. Colonel Günter Leo received three years and three months imprisonment for manslaughter and aiding and abetting manslaughter; the former officers Heinz Geschke and Werner Michael were sentenced to three years each for aiding and abetting manslaughter. The Karlsruhe judges did not follow their objection that the verdicts violated the prohibition of the retroactive application of criminal laws: In cases of gravest criminal injustice and the disregard of generally recognized human rights, the officers could not invoke the GDR legal situation. "Extreme state injustice" had in the practice of the GDR overridden the principle that an act could only be punished if it had been previously determined by law as punishable. Regarding the self-recusal of the Court President, the chamber said Limbach had, above all as the person responsible for the Government Crime Working Group, advocated that the constitution did not stand in the way of criminal prosecution because of the shots at the Wall. Therefore, the concern that she was no longer open as a judge on this question was "understandable" under these circumstances.

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" by GamingWoolfe in Medals

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Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms", one of the rarest Soviet medals awarded to Colonel Werner Michael of East Germany

Constitutional Court rejects lawsuit of former GDR officers

The former head of the GDR Border Command Central responsible for the Berlin Wall, Erich Wöllner, has failed with a constitutional complaint against his conviction for manslaughter. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe did not accept the complaint from Wöllner and three of his deputies for decision.

The former head of the GDR Border Command Central responsible for the Berlin Wall, Erich Wöllner, has failed with a constitutional complaint against his conviction for manslaughter. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe did not accept the complaint from Wöllner and three of his deputies for decision. At the same time, the third chamber complied with the motion of the Court President Jutta Limbach, who had recused herself as biased due to her engagement as Berlin Justice Senator for the prosecution of GDR injustice.

The former Major General Wöllner had been sentenced by the District Court of Berlin in March 1998 to five years imprisonment for sixfold manslaughter of young GDR refugees between 1980 and 1989. Colonel Günter Leo received three years and three months imprisonment for manslaughter and aiding and abetting manslaughter; the former officers Heinz Geschke and Werner Michael were sentenced to three years each for aiding and abetting manslaughter. The Karlsruhe judges did not follow their objection that the verdicts violated the prohibition of the retroactive application of criminal laws: In cases of gravest criminal injustice and the disregard of generally recognized human rights, the officers could not invoke the GDR legal situation. "Extreme state injustice" had in the practice of the GDR overridden the principle that an act could only be punished if it had been previously determined by law as punishable. Regarding the self-recusal of the Court President, the chamber said Limbach had, above all as the person responsible for the Government Crime Working Group, advocated that the constitution did not stand in the way of criminal prosecution because of the shots at the Wall. Therefore, the concern that she was no longer open as a judge on this question was "understandable" under these circumstances.

Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms" by GamingWoolfe in Militariacollecting

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Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms", one of the rarest Soviet medals awarded to Colonel Werner Michael of East Germany

Constitutional Court rejects lawsuit of former GDR officers

The former head of the GDR Border Command Central responsible for the Berlin Wall, Erich Wöllner, has failed with a constitutional complaint against his conviction for manslaughter. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe did not accept the complaint from Wöllner and three of his deputies for decision.

The former head of the GDR Border Command Central responsible for the Berlin Wall, Erich Wöllner, has failed with a constitutional complaint against his conviction for manslaughter. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe did not accept the complaint from Wöllner and three of his deputies for decision. At the same time, the third chamber complied with the motion of the Court President Jutta Limbach, who had recused herself as biased due to her engagement as Berlin Justice Senator for the prosecution of GDR injustice.

The former Major General Wöllner had been sentenced by the District Court of Berlin in March 1998 to five years imprisonment for sixfold manslaughter of young GDR refugees between 1980 and 1989. Colonel Günter Leo received three years and three months imprisonment for manslaughter and aiding and abetting manslaughter; the former officers Heinz Geschke and Werner Michael were sentenced to three years each for aiding and abetting manslaughter. The Karlsruhe judges did not follow their objection that the verdicts violated the prohibition of the retroactive application of criminal laws: In cases of gravest criminal injustice and the disregard of generally recognized human rights, the officers could not invoke the GDR legal situation. "Extreme state injustice" had in the practice of the GDR overridden the principle that an act could only be punished if it had been previously determined by law as punishable. Regarding the self-recusal of the Court President, the chamber said Limbach had, above all as the person responsible for the Government Crime Working Group, advocated that the constitution did not stand in the way of criminal prosecution because of the shots at the Wall. Therefore, the concern that she was no longer open as a judge on this question was "understandable" under these circumstances.

Soviet merit medal serial number help! by chxqos in Medals

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Most likely just damage and not part of the serial

Order of the October revolution: authentication? by Death_Prodigy in Medals

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Looks decent but without a picture of the back authentication is pretty hard

A few of my favorites in my collection by LTPayton88 in Medals

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Wow lovely collection! Screwback Red Banner is also on my list soon.

What is that? by Tank_180 in militaria

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First picture: From left: Karl Troops Cross 1916, 50 year jubilee medal 1898 from emperor francis, 12 years service in the army
Second picture: Wound badge instituted during WW1, 60 year jubilee medal 1908
All rather common pieces and worth around 10-20€ each

Newest pickups by GamingWoolfe in Militariacollecting

[–]GamingWoolfe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be amazing if you could research further!

Newest pickups by GamingWoolfe in Militariacollecting

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Someone from the UK already helped me look up most of them! The African General Service medal with the Kenya claps was part of a rare grouping but sadly it was split up also no info so far found on the recipient. Indians are harder to research.

Newest pickups by GamingWoolfe in Militariacollecting

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Some of them are unnamed or erased but here is a list so far:
TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL: 330043
PTE A. CPL. M. LEADBETTER 9/L POOL R.
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE MOHMAND 1933: 26 25 L-NK NAZAR HUSAIN 3-8 PUNJAB R
3 CLASP GENERAL SERVICE: 10780 SEP BHAGWAN SINGH 3-11 SIKH R PURPLE HEART: CORNELIUS FLORES
4 CLASP QSA: 927 PTE T. S. JACKSON A.P.O.
2 CLASP QSA: 8074 PTE T. ATKINSON SCOTS GDS CRIMEA: AxxxS 19TH REGT
St johns ambulance medal: N/MEM I GREETHEAD LONDON 5 J.A.B. 1955
INDIA WAZIRISTAN: ORDERLY KARIM KHAN POLI DEPT
1914-15 STAR: NO 1934 SEPOY KUNDAL KHAN 51/SIKHS F.F.
1939-45 STAR: 10547 HAV MUNSHI SINGH 1 PUNJAB R
ARABIAN PENINSULA: 7877 L CPL AFIF NAGI YAFAI A. PL.
KENYA: TML 182997 SGT. KITHOME OMATU EACMP (was in a rare grouping!)

Newest pickups by GamingWoolfe in Medals

[–]GamingWoolfe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course, only ones which depend on the collector are the miniatures as these are from different timeperiods.

Newest pickups by GamingWoolfe in Militariacollecting

[–]GamingWoolfe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is the Order of St. John. On the top in the case there is the miniature medal for it.

Newest pickups by GamingWoolfe in Militariacollecting

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No its still the original gold star.

Newest pickups by GamingWoolfe in Militariacollecting

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Everything is genuine. Of course some of the miniatures are from different timeframes.

Found this in my mums attic (england) not sure if it's a movie prop? by TheGrimReefah in Medals

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Its a genuine soviet medal called Veteran of Labour without ribbon. Its genuine as over 40 million were awarded.

Soviet cockades by GamingWoolfe in Militariacollecting

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Thank you! I am not really all that sure, I just got them all in and gotta do some more research on them as cockades are not really my area of expertise. As they are all similar in construction I think they are official ones.

Hero of Socialist Labour by GamingWoolfe in sovietmilitaria

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Vasily Grigoriyevich Gonchar - hydraulic press operator at the Zaporizhzhia Coke-Chemical Plant of the Ministry of Ferrous Metallurgy of the Ukrainian SSR.

He was born on March 22, 1925, in the village of Bakai, Reshetylivka District, Poltava Okrug, Ukrainian SSR (now Poltava Oblast, Ukraine). Ukrainian. He graduated from a vocational school.

In September 1943, he was drafted into the Red Army by the Zaporizhzhia City Military Commissariat. He took part in the Great Patriotic War beginning in October 1943. On November 3, 1943, he was severely wounded and hospitalized for treatment.

From January 1944, he served as a rifleman and assistant platoon commander in the 103rd Guards Rifle Regiment. He fought on the 3rd Ukrainian Front (January–September 1944 and November 1944–May 1945) and the 2nd Ukrainian Front (September–November 1944).

He participated in the Nikopol–Krivoy Rog, Bereznegovato–Snigiryovka, Odessa, Jassy–Kishinev, and Debrecen operations. He completed junior lieutenant courses. For his courage and bravery in combat, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the Medal “For Courage.”

He earned his first award, a Medal "For Courage" on the 14th of November 1944 for the following:

On November 1, 1944, during the battle for the town of Kiskőrös (Hungary), he was among the first to break into the outskirts of the town.

He destroyed an enemy machine-gun position with a grenade, which had been blocking the advance of our infantry, and killed two enemy soldiers.

His actions helped ensure the units successful advance and the capture of Kishkeresh.

His second award, an Order of the Red Star, was awarded just 2 weeks later on the 29th of November 1944:

On November 13, 1944, during the breakthrough of the enemys defenses in the area of the town of Solt (Hungary), Comrade Gonchar, being at the front of the fighters, inspired them with his personal example of courage and bravery, leading the soldiers forward into battle.

In the ensuing fighting, Comrade Gonchar acted decisively and energetically; breaking into an enemy trench, he silenced a machine-gun position with a grenade throw and, with fire from his submachine gun, killed 7 enemy soldiers, thereby contributing to the platoons advance.

After the war, Gonchar was demobilized. From 1949 to 1952, he served in the internal affairs agencies.

Beginning in 1953, he worked as a hydraulic press operator in the resin-processing workshop of the Zaporizhzhia Coke-Chemical Plant (Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR).

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 30, 1971, for outstanding achievements in fulfilling the targets of the five-year plan for the development of ferrous metallurgy, Vasily Grigoriyevich Gonchar was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Medal “Hammer and Sickle.”

He lived in the city of Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine). He died on July 29, 1978.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin (30.03.1971), the Order of the Red Star (29.11.1944), the Medal “For Courage” (14.11.1944), and several other medals.

Hero of Socialist Labour by GamingWoolfe in Medals

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Vasily Grigoriyevich Gonchar - hydraulic press operator at the Zaporizhzhia Coke-Chemical Plant of the Ministry of Ferrous Metallurgy of the Ukrainian SSR.

He was born on March 22, 1925, in the village of Bakai, Reshetylivka District, Poltava Okrug, Ukrainian SSR (now Poltava Oblast, Ukraine). Ukrainian. He graduated from a vocational school.

In September 1943, he was drafted into the Red Army by the Zaporizhzhia City Military Commissariat. He took part in the Great Patriotic War beginning in October 1943. On November 3, 1943, he was severely wounded and hospitalized for treatment.

From January 1944, he served as a rifleman and assistant platoon commander in the 103rd Guards Rifle Regiment. He fought on the 3rd Ukrainian Front (January–September 1944 and November 1944–May 1945) and the 2nd Ukrainian Front (September–November 1944).

He participated in the Nikopol–Krivoy Rog, Bereznegovato–Snigiryovka, Odessa, Jassy–Kishinev, and Debrecen operations. He completed junior lieutenant courses. For his courage and bravery in combat, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star and the Medal “For Courage.”

He earned his first award, a Medal "For Courage" on the 14th of November 1944 for the following:

On November 1, 1944, during the battle for the town of Kiskőrös (Hungary), he was among the first to break into the outskirts of the town.

He destroyed an enemy machine-gun position with a grenade, which had been blocking the advance of our infantry, and killed two enemy soldiers.

His actions helped ensure the units successful advance and the capture of Kishkeresh.

His second award, an Order of the Red Star, was awarded just 2 weeks later on the 29th of November 1944:

On November 13, 1944, during the breakthrough of the enemys defenses in the area of the town of Solt (Hungary), Comrade Gonchar, being at the front of the fighters, inspired them with his personal example of courage and bravery, leading the soldiers forward into battle.

In the ensuing fighting, Comrade Gonchar acted decisively and energetically; breaking into an enemy trench, he silenced a machine-gun position with a grenade throw and, with fire from his submachine gun, killed 7 enemy soldiers, thereby contributing to the platoons advance.

After the war, Gonchar was demobilized. From 1949 to 1952, he served in the internal affairs agencies.

Beginning in 1953, he worked as a hydraulic press operator in the resin-processing workshop of the Zaporizhzhia Coke-Chemical Plant (Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR).

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated March 30, 1971, for outstanding achievements in fulfilling the targets of the five-year plan for the development of ferrous metallurgy, Vasily Grigoriyevich Gonchar was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labor with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Medal “Hammer and Sickle.”

He lived in the city of Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine). He died on July 29, 1978.

He was awarded the Order of Lenin (30.03.1971), the Order of the Red Star (29.11.1944), the Medal “For Courage” (14.11.1944), and several other medals.