Description: Hello.
I offer to replace the original grip for the P-38 pistol. These are plastic grip made for the P-38 guns. The stockpiles were made in the wars in Jablonec nad Nisou (Gablonz a/N) in Czechoslovakia. I collect original German helmets and daggers. More info private message. Original war productions!!!
Please, meet Guards private first class NAZARENKO PETR EMELIANOVICH, who served as a horse carriage driver of 3 battalion, 7 Guards paratrooper rifle regiment, 2 Guards paratrooper "Proskurov" division.
Awarded OGIII #248777 for an action near settlements SYURTE and KISTEGLAS on 20 November 1944.
The veterans birth year is recorded as 1928 in the citation, but as 1930 in the awards register card signed after the war.
NAZARENKO’s status is described as "volunteer: pupil" in his 2 first award recommendations. Such was the designation used during the war time for what later became known as "regiments son/daughter". The name "regiments son" was popularised from 1945 by the novel "Regiments son" written by Valentin Kataev.
This means, that NAZARENKO added up 2 years to his age to get accepted to the regiment. I am quite sure, that he was infact born in 1930 and thus was barely 14 y.o. in 1944 (he joined the army in February 1944).
According to the official data, there were app. 3500 of such regiments sons and daughters.
The description of NAZARENKO’s feats will come in the next post.
I bought this badge along with several items of British cloth insignia a year or so ago. It has been suggested on a badge Forum that it might be German/Flemish/SS related? It could be nothing of the sort. Whatever it is, I thought I would post here in the hope that someone might have an opinion. No need to spare any blushes. Nothing in the lot cost more than a £1 each so its not going to dent my pocket. In fact it won’t even dent my pride as I did not buy it as anything. Kind regards, Malcolm.
Good day everyone,
I do not usually post on this area of the forum, but have had this striking piece of insignia for several decades and have never been able to identify it. I was given the badge in the very early 1980s, when at college.
As you see, the three-piece insignia bears a beautifully enamelled central disc and measures approximately 92mm in diameter.
I hope (and am sure) someone here will be able to solve this little mystery…
My thanks in advance and very best wishes to all,
Bob
Here’s something I picked up recently from a family who was stationed in Germany right after WW2 ended. The father was involved with getting the government set up again in Germany after hostilities ended.
This is a scale model of the Austro-Hungarian 30.5 centimeter Morser/Morter, made by the Skoda Works Factory in what is now the Czech Republic. Apparently the German’s also used this type of mortar as well.
I placed a quarter in some of the photos to give an idea of the size. The marble base and mortar are heavy. The mortar & marble base weighs in at about 17 pounds. I cleaned some of the dust off it, and see it is still very dusty, and needs a good cleaning to remove the dust.
When I lived in Prague for about a year, I saw one of these mounted on a granite "mountain" for sale early one Friday morning at the famous Butěhrad Collector Market. Now I finally have one!
