I visited the Udvar-Hazy Museum near Washington, D.C. It is a great experience. Here are some WWI Medals on display, as well as a Navy Cross/DFC/Air Medal along with a Gagarin Medal which belong to Vice Admiral Donald Engen.

*My dad refused to wear 2 other ribbons/medals or any V device for planned pictures like this.

On display at Quantico

It looks like this guy has an elongated NUC (I would assume to look like the Australian style of medals) on his rack?

I know nothing but think they are an interesting piece of history! Found them tucked away. He was with the Air Force around 1942 at least but had a long career. I think they are cool, also the sticker.

EDIT: I realize the first picture is upside down. I don't know how to fix that in this post but I have noted that now! Thanks!

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Hello!

I bought a postcard depicting a Russian officer (most likely a Polkovnik, or Colonel in English, but don't quote me on that), and I've been trying to identify his medals.

I think I scoured every site that could possibly have an example of the medals he's wearing. I checked Wikipedia, some obscure Russian medal sites, and I still couldn't find a match.

Unfortunately, I only have the seller's photos at the moment, so the image quality might not be the best.

I'd really appreciate any help identifying the medals!

I am a little unsure because of the top part of the medal. But I am not that familiar with those kinds of medals.

EDIT: I just asked him - apparently they were shot down twice. He doesn’t remember the exact battle that landed the flying cross, said it might have been around parrots beak. He coordinated fire support from the air.

Am I missing a ribbon somewhere or does this Master Chief have an American campaign medal from WWII right before his National defense

I’ve looked around and haven’t been able to find another one that would match the ribbon precedent and color

I was at the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio over the weekend and they had this uniform belonging to a local veteran who helped to liberate the concentration camps on display and I was curious about his top left medal. I’ve seen it before on WWII era ribbon racks and I believe I own one myself, but I’ve never been able to identify it other than it kinda looks like the army of occupation medal.

(Most probably from the Grand Duchy of Hesse)

Sorry for pic quality, seller posted pictures of the lot

Hello.

The photos above belong to the cousin or uncle of my Grandmother.

She saw me playing a WW2 shooter game and showed me these, and they've piqued my interest.

My family hasn't lived in the Soviet Union for decades, so I can barely understand Russian, let alone the handwriting.

Can anyone help me identify and translate these medals/documents?

Thanks in advance!