Unknown Soldier
Record #303225a1
No photo availableLocation Found
Edinburgh, Scotland
Estimated Period
1944
Submitted By
Admin
Date Submitted
20 April 2026
Description
Photograph of a Soviet officer wearing a Guards badge, found tucked inside a Russian-English dictionary at a car boot sale in Edinburgh. The officer appears to be a captain or major with multiple decorations including what appears to be an Order of the Red Star. On the back is written in Russian: "Передай маме что я жив" (Tell mother I am alive). The dictionary has a 1944 publication date and British Council stamp.
In Russian
Фотография советского офицера со значком гвардейца, найденная в русско-английском словаре на распродаже в Эдинбурге. На обороте по-русски: «Передай маме что я жив». Словарь датирован 1944 годом со штампом Британского Совета.
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