Hello Bill,
Thanks for the info,it's much appreciated :-)
The seller said that he was a rifleman of Stalingrad,he will send some info along with the medal,can't wait till it arrivés:
That's what he mailed me:
the soldier of guard Shapoval Ivan Alekseevich is a shooter of the 288th shooting regiment of Red Army. the soldier Shapoval also is awarded by the medal "For Bravery" for extermination of two fascists during storm of the city of Els (Germany) in February, 1945
Can everyone have access to such a database?