Bill Garvy

Award Card 1. . . Award Card Order Booklet 595863 1. Last name: Kurkhuli 2. Name and patrionymic: Zaliko Petrovich 3. Rank: Guards Technical Lieutenant 4. Gender: Male 5. Birthyear: 1913 6. Birthplace: Georgian SSR, Tbilisi 7. Party membership: yes, since 1941 8. Education: mid-level 9. Nationality: Georgian 10. Time in Red Army: 25.9.1935 11. Place of service at awarding: 16 Air Army – Repair Technician 12. Place of work at present: Yusilertorg – Factory Chief 13. Home address: Tbilisi, Guguretskaya #31

and document. . .

30th Anniversary of Victory Medal. . .

and document. . .

50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR Medal. . .

20th Anniversary of Victory document. . .

Victory over Germany document. . .

250th Anniversary of Leningrad document. . .

Leningrad document. . .

Reverse of Medal Bar. . .

Medal Bar, left to right, Campaign for the Defense of Leningrad, 250th Anniversary Of Leningrad Medal, Victory over Germany, & 20th Anniversary of Victory Medal, which is mounted on the ribbon suspension for his Jubilee Medal for 30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy. That medal, the Jubilee Medal for 40 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy, their respective documents, and the suspension for the 20th Anniversary of Victory Medal are sadly missing from this group. . .

Reverse. . .

Order of the Red Star, obverse. . .

Order Book 2. . .

Order Book 1. . .

Paul, can't speak for the grand order of things, but I do have a group where a cited OGPW2 recommendation was "downgraded" to a Red Star. . .

Yes, it would be nice to see his citation, but sadly, this was all I received, his Award Card and Temporary Certificate; paperwork can be lost.

Dan, I believe your initial assessment is correct, a blank Bravery Medal with "value added" disingenuous stampings. . .

Paul, that would be my guess. . .

Engraver's error? Interesting piece. . .

I strongly suspect it's a "666" reproduction. There are known examples of reproductions marked with both "333" and "666" in the 1939 issue examples.

Reverse. . .

Order of the Red Star, #700307. . .

Temporary Award Certificate Temporary award certificate #V 220320 attests that Rifle Platoon Leader Guards Master Sergeant Tikhon Fedoseevich Kovtun (347 RD, 1177 RR), residing in Kiev at 8 Comintern St. Apt. 13, was awarded the Order of the Red Star #700.307 by Order 39/N of the 347 “Melitopol” Rifle Division dated 24 May 1944. He was actually bestowed the award on 7 August 1944.

14. Awards: Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization Red Star 700.307 347 Rifle Division dated 24.5.1944 Verified by Simferopol Infantry Academy personnel officer on 2 April 1946