None of these things!
He died peacefully of old age... His knowledge of the amber room most likely saved his life. Otherwise the communists would have hanged him for his crimes just after the war.

Read more - use translator pls

Great job!

A bit like the Lenin and Stalin look-alikes that accost you as you enter Red Square then. Agreed it is a very nice sculpt and quite different to the usual stuff. Mine's ordered

Phil

53. Day, Februar 12, 2021

The last award of our hero, which is still to be painted, does not want to match the rest of the outer shape!

That in turn fits, because it is an order of the People's Republic of Poland, the so-called "Odznaka Braterstwa Broni"



"Odznaka Braterstwa Broni" means something like "Order of the Brotherhood of Arms".

The award was launched on October 7, 1963 by the Central Committee of the Polish Workers' Party (and subsequently by the Council of Ministers) and given to soldiers of the armed forces of the People's Republic of Poland and the armies of other socialist countries as well as to citizens of the Polish People's Republic and other socialist countries as a symbol of merit awarded in strengthening friendship ties. Brotherhood in arms and cooperation between the armies of socialist countries in the common struggle for peace and socialism. The badge was awarded by the Minister of National Defense.



On October 14, 1991, the Order was declared invalid by Council of Ministers Resolution No. 232.

Our hero wears them anyway.

But I'm still not quite finished with the tinsel!

What is still missing is the pin with which our hero attached his georgian ribbon to his uniform blouse - and which cost me so much research work until I knew what I was seeing in front of me ...:



It is the badge of the "United Russia" party, also known as the "Kremlin Party".

This is not a party in our - western - sense, but rather an electoral association!

The party "United Russia" has a single - albeit lively - program, and that is the current landlord Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin ...:





So - I'm done with the tinsel!








Cheers

Holy!!! Outstanding! Both - research and your work with all the badges, medals and ribbons.

The inscription says: Brotherhood in arms upholds peace and socialism.
A shield with two swords against the backgroun of the contours of Poland. According to the messages, King Władysław Jagiełło received them fro the Grand Master of the teutonic order, Ulrik von Jungingen, as an encouagement to fight, just before the battle of grunwald, on July 15, 1410. Polish troops were hiding in the forests all the hot morning, while the heavily armed teutonic knights stood in the scorching July sun.
The battle ended with the defeat of nthe Teutonic army, however, it didn't lead to the fall of the Order. We had to wait another 100 years for that.
Ok, sorry for offtop. I watch in awe!

Martin, that is absolutely amazing! I hope after all that the old guy goes together OK.

Phil

Thanks Marcin on the informative piece on the medal

Phil

You do not have to apologize! I am happy about every addition!

Thanks for that!

Jep, all three grades!

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54. Day,February 13, 2021


Today I put his brass crucifix on our hero!



For this I take the already mentioned anchor chain on a scale of 1: 100, which survived my ship model building activities in a previous life.

To get a realistic pull on the chain - such a brass crucifix is not that easy! - do I have to part it several times ...:



The chain hangs on the chest under the shoulder strap, for example, behind a button on the Gymnstiorka field blouse.

What can I say? Playing around with superglue on a painted figure is not a subject to entertainment tax!

Ultimately, however, the thing succeeds without an accident ...:








Cheers

I'm gonna start looking for a crucifix now, before mine turns up! Quality work on that Martin.

Phil

St Andrew is the patron saint of Russia, not St George, that is why the senior order of the country is St Andrew the First Called. St George is the patron of Moscow.

"In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon, Catalonia, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, and Russia."

(Source: Wikipedia)

Website of the Russian orthodox Church (English Version)...:




Святой Георгий покровитель России ( = Svyatoy Georgiy pokrovitel' Rossii / Saint George patron saint of Russia)




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55. Day, February 15, 2021


It continues with the further detailing!

We recognize that our hero has attached two decorations to the chain with which he carries his cross around the halo ...:



The enlarged section shows that there are two silver agraffes (a kind of brooches) with semi-precious stones ...:



The bright semi-precious stone is amber ...



... the red one is a garnet ...:



I sculpted the two agraffes today ...:




Cheers

You gonna do his underwear too?

Who are the big, mean-looking dudes in blue behind the old guy in the above photo? I wouldn't want to upset any of 'em!

Phil

How nice that you asked me that!

They are Cossacks!

More precisely: Registered Cossacks of the Don host (Zaregistriroje Donskoj Woiska) ...:



In order to become a registered Cossack, you have to have a white record and be loyal to the state (vulgo: Putin-loyal).

The boys take on barrier and security tasks as auxiliary police at larger events - and sometimes thrash unwanted demonstrators together with their Nagaikas, like here during the Olympic Games in Sochi ...:







The new uniform has been around since 2015 ...:






Wassja Putin has given the Cossacks back their old role of anti-insurgency armed forces! The Cossacks play this role again today - they already played it under the Tsars. Every Cossack host has to have such registered Cossacks!


These are:

1. Central Cossack Host (Moskow):



2. Don Host:



3. Jenisseij Host:



4. Kuban Host:





**continued next post**

5. Orenburg Host:



6. Siberian Host:



7. Terek Host:



8. Transbaikal Host



9. Ussurij Host:



10. Volga Host:



11. Irkutsk Host:




The Badge of the host is worn on the right sleeve.

On the left sleeve they all wear the badge of the registered Cossacks of the Russian Federation...:




Cheers