Translation, please…

please ,
which one (Vlad ?) had some free time to translate this text ?
in advance , thanks.
Alain


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"To Captain of Second Rank Stepanov S.S. on 20th anniversary of DVF (_____ Military Fleet - (not sure what first letter "D" stands for maybe someone can help)) for achieved successes in battlefield and political training. From the assistant people's commissioner of VMF(Military Sea Fleet) of USSR."

Very cool!
Vlad.

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Originally posted by Vlad

".. on 20th anniversary of DVF..."

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Дунайская военная флотилия -- Danubian Military Flotilla.
The same acronym had Dnieper Military Flotilla.
See this flotillas history there: http://ussrfleet.1939-45.ru/flotilii.php

P.S. But I don't understand how to correlate the "XX anniversary" (from what year? 1940? So: 1960?) and the "commissar"... "Народный комиссариат ВМФ СССР" (People's Commissoriat of VMF of USSR) was exist from 1937 to 1946 years...

Thank you!

<quote>But I don't understand how to correlate the "XX anniversary" (from what year? 1940? So: 1960?) and the "commissar"... </quote>

Probably because ДВФ(DVF) stands for Дальне Восточный Флот - Far-East Fleet or Pacific Ocean Fleet created way before WWII.

OK, thanks very much to you !
I am so gratefull as I will put your text inside the camera on my shelves to explain it to my friends.
(I still possess same item about 1940 in Baltic sea , engraved on back side camera on a silver plate.)
Alain

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Originally posted by okynek
Probably because ДВФ(DVF) stands for Дальне Восточный Флот - Far-East Fleet or Pacific Ocean Fleet created way before WWII.

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Nope. The Pacific Ocean Fleet (TOF) had only one name (was created in 1932 as I remember).
It was the "Dal'nevostochnij front (DVF)", but not a fleet.