Marshal star document

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It is a First - never saw this kind of document fon the market:

Bazhanov Uryi Pavlovich (1905 - 1975), Marshal of Artillery (1965), PhD (1968), member of Communist Party since 1929. Entered the Red Army in 1920, graduated from Kiev Artillery school in 1926, graduated from Artillery Academy in 1936, and finally graduated from Academy of General Stuff in 1953. Betw. 1938-1942 - Head of 1st Moskow Artillery School, 1945 - Artillery Commander of 39th Army, then by the end of WWII - Head of Artillery in Far East (Japan). After war, occupied different top military positions until 1975

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And:

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And the marshal:

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Another document (....) of marshal Koldunov:

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[otlichnik]

It appears that the last docment is not for the star per se but "just" for the decree awarding Chief Marshal of Aviation rank.

Shawn

[charlet]

yes, Bajanov's doc specifies both the nomination to rank and the awarding of the insignia of honour, the star, but not for koldounov. Must we suppose Koldounov received another doc for his star?

[otlichnik]

Actually, Koldunov's document is making him a Chief Marshal of Aviation. Since in the vast majority of cases this would be a promotion from Marshal of Aviation, he would presumably already have a marshals star.

Shawn

[ericlida]

Originally Posted by Tal Inbar

It is a First - never saw this kind of document fon the market:

Bazhanov Uryi Pavlovich (1905 - 1975), Marshal of Artillery (1965), PhD (1968), member of Communist Party since 1929. Entered the Red Army in 1920, graduated from Kiev Artillery school in 1926, graduated from Artillery Academy in 1936, and finally graduated from Academy of General Stuff in 1953. Betw. 1938-1942 - Head of 1st Moskow Artillery School, 1945 - Artillery Commander of 39th Army, then by the end of WWII - Head of Artillery in Far East (Japan). After war, occupied different top military positions until 1975

Gentlemen

Recently I purchased big group of documents of Marshal Bazhanov. I would like to add to this group his Certificate for the Marshal Star, which is still for sale (5 years). But… the Certificate is for sale ONLY with 2 Marshal of Artillery Tunics. I don’t collect uniforms and don’t need the tunics (even it would be nice to have them with the documents and awards).

I have an idea. What if somebody, who collects Uniforms and is interested in 2 Marshal Bazhanov’s Tunics, would like to split the cost of the group. I need only the Certificate.
Please PM me with propositions and to discuss possible purchase.

Here is the description of the group and some pictures:
• Large Leather Certificate for the Marshal Star!!!
• 2 Marshal of Artillety Tunics, one with Orders and Medals, one with their respective ribbon bars.
• 2 High quality copies of Order of Kutuzov I class.
• High quality copy of Order of Suvorov II class.
• High quality copy of Order of Kutuzov II class.
• 2 copies of Order of Lenin.
• 3 Real Orders of Red Banner, all excellent.
• 2 Real Orders of Red Star, both with some enamel repairs.
• All medals and badges on the uniform are authentic, as well.
• Citation "Gramota" from 1930's.
• Early personal photo, wearing all decorations and sword.
• 2 other photos, including the photo of a memorial marble plate on the building, where marshal lived.
• Copy of his biography from Soviet Big Military Encyclopedia, vol.1, p.360 (includes photo in uniform with full regalia).
Note to avoid a misconception! This uniform has been very carefully decorated with substituted decorations to reconstruct impressive run of awards of the prominent Marshal and for display purpose. Except for the 2 Tunics and a Certificate for the Marshal Star (3 items holding 100% of the value of this group), all other items are not original to Bazhanov, but rather real orders or copies. All substituted material, real or not, is a BONUS and comes as such (free of charge!!!)

Thanks
Eric