Award conversions - German to Soviet
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 11:26 am
Bit of a Soviet-related question, hope the knowledgeable folks here can help.
I am trying to "convert" a German award collection of an individual into a Soviet equivalent. The ideas is that if a German re-enactor has earned a set of medals - e.g. Infantry Assault Badge, EKII and I, Wound Badge - and he transfers to a Russian re-enactment unit, what would those German awards convert into on the Soviet side?
Now, to forestall the obvious "well, that depends on how the Soviet group awards them" replies - I am trying to convert the awards based on real-life criteria, which is roughly how both the German and Russian units award their medals. Destroy an enemy tank with a hand-held weapon as a German, and you get the Tank Destruction Badge in Silver; do it on the Soviet side, and you get...?
I have done a bit of reading on wikipedia (maybe not the best source) on the matter, but the Soviet awards and medals seem to be far less clear-cut than the German ones in terms of award criteria. Any help would be appreciated on mapping the most common of the German awards over to Soviet.
I am trying to "convert" a German award collection of an individual into a Soviet equivalent. The ideas is that if a German re-enactor has earned a set of medals - e.g. Infantry Assault Badge, EKII and I, Wound Badge - and he transfers to a Russian re-enactment unit, what would those German awards convert into on the Soviet side?
Now, to forestall the obvious "well, that depends on how the Soviet group awards them" replies - I am trying to convert the awards based on real-life criteria, which is roughly how both the German and Russian units award their medals. Destroy an enemy tank with a hand-held weapon as a German, and you get the Tank Destruction Badge in Silver; do it on the Soviet side, and you get...?
I have done a bit of reading on wikipedia (maybe not the best source) on the matter, but the Soviet awards and medals seem to be far less clear-cut than the German ones in terms of award criteria. Any help would be appreciated on mapping the most common of the German awards over to Soviet.