Bill Garvy

The latest addition to the collection, a "mint" Fr. in 2nd Class. . .

Unmarked, and oh, that patina. . .

Sorry, gentlemen, best I could come up with. . .

Service Record 3. . .

Servie Record 2. . .

Service Record 1. . .

Award Citation reverse. . .

Award Citation obverse. . .

Award document (?) reverse. . .

Award document (?) obverse. . .

Award Card reverse. . .

Award Card obverse. . .

Reverse. . . I trust these shed some additional light on this Order for you gentlemen. Your comments are always welcome!

Award Sheet. . .

Reverse. . .

Award Sheet. . .

Translation. . .

Reverse. . .

Here are the copies of the original citations. First is the Award Card with translation, which follows.

From the reverse. . . The core finishes appear very similar. . .

Good eye, Rich, and a reasonable hypothesis as well. Here's another example resembling your cross on the left. . .

Thanks, Rick, I certainly will post the original Russina documents when they arrive. Usually I receive them first and then the translations, but this time it was the other way around. By the way, I am still waiting. . .

1. Last name, first name, patronymic GAVRILOV Fedor Alexeevich 3. Nationality 4. What languages, but the native one, knows, to what extent 2. Born on May 28, 1897 Mordovian Russian and Mordovian 13. Military rank conferred Service Year Order No (PCD) 5. Place of birth Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Shugurovsky district executive committee of Spiridinovka village Captain 41 271 1936 0579 6. Party membership C.P.S.U(B) member since 1942 Non-party - Non-party Other party membership None Party penalties(what, by whom, when, what for) None Major 276 00349 14. Civil education (names of institutions) a) General Shentala second-class school ? two grades б) Special - None Date 1911 7. Social position and social origin Employee from peasants 8. Marital status Married 15. Military education in Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (name of institution) Infantry school in Omsk, 1930 16. Party education ? None 9. Occupation (profession) Military man 17. Military education in the old army Training team, 1916 10. Participation in campaigns None 11.Wounds and contusions received None Data 18. Academic status 19. Academic degree None None 12. Government awards (orders, medals) Order of the Red Banner Order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class For seizure of Berlin medal 32. Home address Chernigov Wife ? Zoya Ivanovna Photo 20. Enrolled on service in the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Place of unit Position Year Month and day By whose order No Commandant board of Altayskaya station Clerk 1920 January, 18 Z of Omsk ? Taken on the staff of the commandant of Altayskaya station Clerk 1920 February, 02 Head of Altayskaya station commandant's office № 1 Board of commandant?s office head of railway district, Barnaul Military dispatcher 1920 March, 06 Commandant?s office head of railway district, Barnaul № 34 Board of military assistance of the head of 5th line department of Siberian communication lines department Orderly of military traffic 1922 January, 16March ZLNP 5 № 1 Board of military communications Head of West-Siberian MD Orderly of military traffic 1924 February,01 ZО West-Siberian MD № 24 Department of military traffic, Siberian MD Senior orderly of military traffic 1924 May, 16 Military traffic of Siberian MD №61 Board of commandant?s office head of railway district, Novonikolaevsk Commandant?s assistant 1925 October, 15 Military traffic of Siberian MD №169 Detached to Omsk pilot school for passing through the 3rd course Cadet-commander 1929 September, 28 Board of commandant?s office head of railway district №165 After completing Omsk infantry school arrived to the Board of commandant?s office head of railway district, Novonikolaevsk Commandant?s assistant 1930 May, 15 Board of commandant?s office head of railway district №165 Appointed commandant?s assistant of railway district and N-Udinsk station Commandant?s assistant 1930 June, 15 Military traffic of Siberian MD №12 Appointed to the position for commissions Z of Transbaikalian For commissions 1932 September, 08 Military traffic of Workers' and Peasants' Red Army № 40 Appointed to the Board Z of Transbaikalian Head of group assistant of military traffic 1933 July, 01 Military traffic of Workers' and Peasants' Red Army № 12 Appointed at the disposal of the head of military traffic of Transbaikalian MD Military dispatcher 1935 October, 15 People's commissariat of Defense (PCD) №00444 Conferred the rank Captain 1936 January, 27 PCD №0579 Transferred to the reserve of Workers' and Peasants' Red Army under clause 44?в? 1938 July, 17 PCD №01180 Restored in Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and appointed to the Board of commandant?s office head of railway district, Syzran I Deputy commandant?s office head of railway district 1939 October, 30 PCD №04567 Railway district and Syzran station of Kuibyshev railway Deputy military commandant 1939 October, 30 PCD №04567 Railway district and Ledeshko station of Kuibyshev railway Military commandant 1943 August, 04 South-Ural MD №0828 - ? - Military commandant ? ? ? ? Arrived from the military traffic department ? Supply station 17 Military commandant 1945 April, 28 47th Army 0150 Supply station 17 Military commandant 1945 June, 07 Military traffic 065 Railway district and Konotop station Deputy military commandant 1946 February, 13 Kiev MD 0196 Railway district and Konotop station, Moscow-Kiev railway Deputy military commandant 1946 September, 13 Kiev MD 01970 Transferred to the reserve under clause 43 /due to illness/ Registered at the Konotop city military commissariat of Kiev MD. Order 02182 of October 10, 1946

DECREE OF THE USSR SUPREME COUNCIL PRESIDIUM On awarding generals, officers, and sergeants of an additional service with orders and medals for a long service in the Soviet Army For a long and blameless service in the Soviet Army award with: ORDER OF LENIN 10. Major GAVRILOV FEDOR ALEXEEVICH Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR N.SHVERNIK Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR (signed) A. Gorkin Moscow, the Kremlin, November 05, 1946 Personal file No 281 I?ve analyzed the award material and checked up the order draft: Senior department officer Lieutenant colonel /Yelchukov/ 5 copies of 4th draft of the decree for inspection commission of Kiev military district received: head assistance of the 3rd section of Kiev military district personnel department Captain of executive department (signed) /Kush?/ September 07, 1946 Code. 1946 Awarded with the Order of Lenin by Decree of the USSR Supreme Council Presidium of November 05, 1946

Record card Order book No 933772 1. Last name: GAVRILOV 2. First, middle names: Fedor Alexeevich 3. Military rank: Major 4. Sex: Male 5. Year of birth: 1897 6. Place of birth: Spiridonovka village, Shugorovsky district 7. Party membership since: 8. Education: elementary 9. Nationality: Mordvinian 10. In the Red Army since: 1920 11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied when awarded: Board of military commandant of supply station No 17 - military commandant 12. Current place of service and position: station Kopotoy, Board of military commandant of station - deputy military commandant 13. Home address of the awardee: Kopotoy, railway station 16, flat 1 14. Record of previous awards Names of orders, medals Their numbers Document numbers Ground for award Checked Order of the Red Banner 161791 074105 Decree of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ? for long service in the Red Army of November 03, 1944 Order of the Patriotic war, 2nd class 577735 ?3? №157252 Order to forces of 47th Army № 0227/N of June 17, 1945 For the seizure of Berlin medal - A № 349291 Decree of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ? of June 9, 1945 For Victory over Germany medal - Б № 0308599 Decree of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ? of May 9, 1945 Order of Lenin 47676 294234 Decree of November 05, 1946 Signature of awardee (signed) ________________________ Data correctness and signature of awardee attested by: Military commandant of the railway station ? Captain (signed) April 19, 1946