Soviet Order of the Red Banner, 2nd Award

[Paul R]

The below was translated with the great help of Rick Research and a new Rick! Thank you! Please feel free to add any comments!

Lizunkov, Petr Prokofievich

Guards Lieutenant Colonel of Medical Service

Born 1900 in city of Dubrovna, Vitebskaya Oblast, White Russian SSR.

Member of CPSU since 1943

Higher education

White Russian

In Red Army since 3 May 1919

At time of award: Divisional Physician of 13th Guards Cavalry Division

Presently (22 April1946): Corps Physician of 4th Guards "Ardeisky" Cossack Cavalry Kubansky Corps

address: House #14, Ulitsa 8 Marta, Krasnodarsky Krai, city of Maikop

Awards:

ORS 94,427 30.1.43 per decree of the Voronezh Front

ORS 563,686 25.3.44 per decree of the 13th Army

ORB 172,155 on 3.11.44 for long service

OPW2 261,627 on 22.1.45 per decree of 6th Guards Cavalry Corps

OL 35,296 on 21.2.45 for long service

Victory Over Germany Medal

added--

ORB 2nd award 18,324 per Ukaz of 15.11.50 (long service) (Ukaz lists him as full Colonel)

1948 Red Army Jubilee Medal

and the ARC was personally signed off on by Guards Major General TSHITOV, Chief of Staff of 4th Gds Cossack Cavalry Kubansky Corps.

Service In The Red Army =

3 May 1919 to November 1920: Fel'dsher (Medical Assistant) with the Infectious Diseases Section, Western Front

November 1920-November 1923: Med Asst in 14th Light Artillery Battalion, Western Front

November 1923-October 1928: Med Asst in Artillery Rgt of 5th Rifles Division, Western Front

October 1928-September 1930: Med Asst at School for Sappers No. 64, White Russian Military District

September 1930-Nay 1935: Med Asst 4th Automobile Battalion, White Russian Military District

May 1935-August 1939: Senior Doctor in 23rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Kazak Division

August 1939-September 1940: Commander of Divisional Medical Service, 145th Rifles Division, White Russian Military District

September 1940-March 1941: Commander of 2nd Department (whatever THAT was), Orel Military District's Medical Services

March-July 1941: Commander of Medical Services, Tambov Artillery School, Orel Military District

July 1941-April 1942: Divisional Physician, 29th Independent Cavalry Division (can't tell what it says off page)

April 1942-November 1944: Divisional Physician of 13th Guards Cavalry "Rovenskoi" Division, 1st Ukrainian Front (?? previously called the 83rd Cavalry Division)

Called up for military service in 1919 by Moscow City Military Commissariat.

In Civil War 1919+, "liberation of western White Russia" 1939 (invasion of Poland with the Nazis), Great Patriotic War since 27.6.41 on Bryansk, Western, Voronezh, Western, 1st Ukrainian, and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts

Lightly wounded in 1919 and 1943

Wife Zoya Pavlovna Lizunkova lived in Tambov.

Communist Party # 5,667,676

OPW 2 for action in Poland June 1944 and in Hungary, October 1944-- particularly around Debrecen, where his iniative and organization of the division's medical personnel, especially tending 400 men wounded on 15 October, saved hundreds of lives.

1st ORS in 1943 for general efficiency of the 83rd/ (? 13 Gds Cav) Division's medical services-- evacuation of wounded, medical bases etc. No citation for the 2nd ORS.

[Paul R]

1a

(= top of FIRST nomination for long service Lenin)

[Paul R]

1b

actual text of first of two separate requests for the same long service Lenin-- boiler plate we have to write up something stuff: for excellent organization of evacuation of the division's wounded, excellent command of the division's medical staff, at the front since 1 October 1941, devoted to the party of Lenin and Stalin......

[Paul R]

2a

Top of citation for OPW2-- submitted for OPW 1 and downgraded..

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2b

citation gist for OPW2-- in Poland June 1944 and Hungary October 1944... mainly in fighting around Debrecen 9-17.10.44 in Debrecen and the area of Khaidu-Osvoslo, thanks to his organization and initiative, especially on 15.10, treated over 400 men and saved the lives of hundreds of wounded.

[Paul R]

3a

This is a separate, duplicated recommendation for the SAME long service Lenin.

[Paul R]

3b

This, out of order, is the citation text for the OPW 1 downgraded to OPW2 incorrectly posted AGAIN.

Edited November 6, 2007 by Rick Research

[Paul R]

4a

This is the recommendation for his FIRST Red Star. This adds that he was involved in the "liberation of Western White Russia" in 1939-- i.e. the invasion of Poland when that country was divided up with the Nazis. It is from 83rd Cavalry Division, with his rank still the old title "Guards Military Doctor 1st rank" ( Lt Col in his case).

[Paul R]

4b

for general command efficiency of the Division's medical evacuation and base facilities. Note that there is NO mention of this "83rd Cavalry Division" in his service record, so it must have been renamed as the 13th. ????

[Paul R]

5a

Red Star made it up to OPW 2 before being bumped down to ORS again

[Paul R]

5b

[Paul R]

Here is the medal!

[Paul R]

Any comments are welcome!!

[Christian Zulus]

Dear Paul,

very nice & well preserved item .

Medical citations are rather rare and something special .

It is a well proven fact, that the Red Army - besides the US-Army - had the best and most sophisticated system of medical evacuation and treatment in WW II . So, these comrades made a very good job.

I have an absolut ident ORB 2nd award - type 3 / version 4 - with the s/n. 19404, which is also a long service award. It belongs to a small - and incomplete: long service Lenin is missing - group of Airforce Major Baranovsky, who served at the far east war theatre during WW II - still unresearched ...

These ORB 2nd awards got rather expensive at the market the last months - about USD 2000,- , as also the normal ORBs almost doubled their prices. But the fact is, that an ORB is one of the highest ranking and most prestigeous orders of the Soviet Union, what might explain the growing (Russian) demand for these items.

Best regards

Christian

Edited November 6, 2007 by Christian Zulus

[Ed_Haynes]

A nice one, for sure!

[Guest Rick Research]

Yup-- how about THAT for the random luck of What Might Come Back With Research?

Too bad his personnel file did not also come along, so no idea about promotion dates or when he actually left the service.

Paul hasn't posted his assignments yet, from the backs of his long service ORB and Lenin recommendations, so here it is from tha latter. I've made a red line across where a huge wasted blank area of the page was:

Notice anything? From the time he was called up at age 18/19 until he was 44 years old...

when did he actually go to medical school?????

[Paul R]

Here are the documents. I had almost forgotten.

[Paul R]

Page two... There seem to be huge breaks in the numbers. Is this important?

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Page 3

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Page 4

[Paul R]

Thank you all for your kind comments and support!

[Guest Rick Research]

No, that's how mass award long service Ukaz lists come back. That's the FIRST page, the first page of where 25 year Lenins go to long service Red Banners (in this case, being what you wanted), the actual page in there where his ORB "2" is-- he's in there as number 401, full Colonel of Medical Service, and the last page (at the end of the 10 year MMMs) with the Ukaz date-- 15 November 1950.

So he was still in the army at the end of 1950, and had made full colonel anyway.

Nothing in the Ukaz to show it was a "2" and they never list serial numbers (wouldn't THAT have been nice), which is where having the Awards Record Card is essential.

[Paul R]

Just for the sake of the display... here is how the grouping would look complete!!!

[Christian Zulus]

Just for the sake of the display... here is how the grouping would look complete!!!

Dear Paul,

very impressive Medical-Service-Group .

Best regards

Christian

BTW: As with my RB #2 group, it would be nice, to have the missing medals ...

[Paul R]

Thanks Christian!! I agree completely. I bought the order back in 92, when things were still affordable!! I remember scoffing a "3" because it was close to 250 dollars!