Mexican Hunts for Soviet WWII Awards, Returns Them to Veterans' Descendants TV-Novosti
go to original November 21, 2016

A Mexican jeweler has melted quite a few Russian hearts with his unusual hobby. He seeks out Soviet World War II military awards and returns them to the families of the veterans in a pure act of charity.

“Can you imagine, I’m here in Russia and all of a sudden I’m contacted by a Mexican man who shows me a document with my father’s handwriting on it. I was excited at first and later shocked when I found out that serial numbers matched,” Roman Kazantsev tells RT’s Roman Kosarev.

The man is Eduardo Cruz, a professional jeweler from Mexico, who devotes his free time to scouring through pawn shops and online auctions all over the world to find lost and stolen WWII awards and decorations.

He then passes the medals to the veterans’ relatives. The process also involves an official identification procedure conducted by the diplomats of both countries. Cruz sees his hobby as a tribute to the heroic deeds of Soviet WWII soldiers.

“Happiness is being able to conserve this legacy for future generations. As they say, there’s greater reward in giving than in receiving,” the jeweler told RT.

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