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Great research again. And so nice to get so much out of a what seems to be a simple fieldpost letter. History comes back alive again through these!

The front of the fieldpost letter with partly handdrawn his own set of medals. It adds that little bit extra to this letter.

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And three more from Boris Tan. One in which I guess he mentioned being awarded the Bravery medal and Order of Glory. Another one where he made a drawing of his three awards (twice Bravery and Order...

Following up on Boris Tan's letters I managed to get some more from the same man, all dated '44 to '45. I really like the designs of these fieldpost cards and some have great drawings on them.
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Thanks a lot Egorka. Didn't expect him to be Chinese!! I noticed both letters were sent to Slovjansk in the Dombass area, Ukraine so I expected him to be Ukrainian. In fact, didn't even knew Chinese...

Excellent thread. Great to see that so much info can be taken from a small fieldpost letter. Really like to collect these myself as well (just having some difficulties with translating).
Here two of...

Very interesting! I have several field post letters myself. The contence is not the most interesting but researching the names brings forth some brave men. It is so nice that a small piece of paper...