Martin Antonenko
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Soon (January, 20) from "Life Miniatures"...:
Title: WW2 Red Army Female Sniper
Scale: 1:10
Resin
3-D-Sculptor: Sang Eon-Lee
Boxart: Will be done by Sang Eon-Lee
Number: LM-B024
Price: Preorder price $67.50, after then $75.00, each plus shipping
Limited Edition: 300 copies
https://www.lifeminiatures.com/product-page/ww2-red-army-female-sniper
I think this photo was the template of the bust in terms of medal, weapon and equipment - the sniper Marija Grigorjewna Kurschinowa, who had 23 confirmed "Kill's" of German officers on her "account" ...:
Kurschinowa, who volunteered at the front at the age of 16, took part at the liberation of the cities of Orscha and Minsk, the capture of Königsberg, in East Prussia in 1945 and survived the war ...
The order is the "Order Slawij" (Орден Славы / Order of Fame) introduced in 1943. There were three levels - silver, silver/gold, gold:
The order resumed - of course in Soviet iconography - the Tsarist St. Georges Cross for soldiers, which has been awarded since the Napoleonic wars in similar stages and with the same ribbon...
...and is comparable to the German EK's.
Since the lady wears only one of them, it must be the third level (silver)!
Cheers
Title: WW2 Red Army Female Sniper
Scale: 1:10
Resin
3-D-Sculptor: Sang Eon-Lee
Boxart: Will be done by Sang Eon-Lee
Number: LM-B024
Price: Preorder price $67.50, after then $75.00, each plus shipping
Limited Edition: 300 copies
https://www.lifeminiatures.com/product-page/ww2-red-army-female-sniper
I think this photo was the template of the bust in terms of medal, weapon and equipment - the sniper Marija Grigorjewna Kurschinowa, who had 23 confirmed "Kill's" of German officers on her "account" ...:
Kurschinowa, who volunteered at the front at the age of 16, took part at the liberation of the cities of Orscha and Minsk, the capture of Königsberg, in East Prussia in 1945 and survived the war ...
The order is the "Order Slawij" (Орден Славы / Order of Fame) introduced in 1943. There were three levels - silver, silver/gold, gold:
The order resumed - of course in Soviet iconography - the Tsarist St. Georges Cross for soldiers, which has been awarded since the Napoleonic wars in similar stages and with the same ribbon...
...and is comparable to the German EK's.
Since the lady wears only one of them, it must be the third level (silver)!
Cheers
