Soviet Guards Technician, 2nd Class Alexey Dmitrievich Lopatin

[Bill Garvy]

Record Card. . .

Original documents pending receipt; translations received first. . .

[Bill Garvy]

Award Citation. . .

[Bill Garvy]

His only award, his Order of the Red Star, with replaced enamel on three of the five arms. . .

[Bill Garvy]

Reverse. . .

[Ed_Haynes]

Wow. Just "wow"!

For those who are skeptical about research, this is the sort of amazing history that can emerge from a simple (dare I say "mundane"?) litte Red Star.

Thanks for sharing!

[kimj]

A real interesting citation. Real life IS stranger than fiction. Congratulation on a nice star with a rare gem of archival history.

/Kim

[Alfred]

Interesting award citation !

Thanks for posting.

best regards

Andreas

Edited December 28, 2008 by Alfred

[Guest Rick Research]

Yet another example of why RESEARCH is the real key to these "anonymous millions." I hope you've got his service record coming too-- there was a whole lot of the war still left for him.

:cheers: