NKVD, KGB & Police IDs and Documents
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Genrikh Yagoda, Chief of Special Operations, VChK, Member of Presidium of the VChK, Member of the Collegium of the GPU, a major driving force in preparation for Stalin's Great Purge of the 1930s. One-page document w. handwritten resolution & 2 signatures on the same page, in black pencil, 1921. Recommendation to replace the trade representative or adjust his official title, signed by Georgiy Chicherin, Narkom for Foreign Affairs. Good condition.
Group of 3 Documents to an ethnic German including the RKKA 20th
Anniversary Medal Certificate and two post-war Photo IDs allowing entry to unnamed
highly restricted areas. An Army Major as of 1938, the recipient was expelled from
the military shortly after the German invasion in 1941, probably due to his
ethnicity. In 1950s-60s, he worked in Chelyabinsk region, most likely in top-
secret weapon producing centers. This very interesting and unusual set has a great
research potential.
Photo ID of NKVD Squad Leader, December 1941 issue by the NKVD
Police Directorate of the Stalino (Donetsk) Region in Ukraine.
This highly unusual NKVD ID has plain cardboard cover instead
of the standard pre-war rubberized cloth or leather binding -
apparently an expediency reflecting the dire situation with
supplies in the first months of the Patriotic War. In
excellent condition.
Photo ID of a State Security Senior Lieutenant, a Section
Chief with the NKVD of North Ossetia Autonomous Republic,
1943. The photo shows the owner wearing a badge of
Distinguished NKVD Employee on an M-43 uniform. Comes with
a special free railway transportation pass from February 1941
issued to the same officer.
A very interesting and uncommon set.
A very interesting and uncommon set.
Honorary Certificate issued in August 1939 to the wife of an NKVD Naval Border Guard officer
in Leningrad Region. She was given the certificate and a monetary reward for winning first prize in NKVD sports competition. Nice artwork specifically designed for NKVD: shows NKVD Internal Army trooper guarding the industrial installations and NKVD Border Guard on patrol near a border marker. In very good condition.
Honorary Certificate in Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary
of NKVD Border Guards, February 1941 issue. A very ornate
document featuring portrait of Stalin, Border Guard flag, and
a Badge of Distinguished Employee of NKVD. Hand-signed by
Lt. General Sokolov, chief of the Soviet NKVD Border Guard
Directorate and one of the highest ranking NKVD
commanders. This very impressive and uncommon document is in
very good to excellent condition.
Honorary Certificate issued in October 1944 by an NKVD Correctional Labor Camp.
Awarded for completing the assignment - laying a part of the main track of the Baikal-Amur Railroad - 82 days ahead of schedule. Unusual and colorful artwork features portraits of Stalin and Lenin and a railway train speeding through the forest.