Bill Garvy

Citation, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class. . . AWARD LIST 1. Last Name, name and patronymic Dudar’ Anatolij Vasil’evich 2. Rank Guards Junior Lieutenant 3. Position, unit Rifle Platoon Commander, 3rd Battalion, 337th Guards Yaroslavl’ Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky and Order of Aleksander Nevsky Rifle Regiment, 121st Guards Gomel’ Red Banner and Order of Suvorov Rifle Divison Is Recommended for Order of the “Patriotic War 2nd Class” 4. Year of birth 1925 5. Nationality Ukrainian 6. Party membership Member of the Komsomol since 1944, № 13217532 7. Participation in the civil war, in other military actions aimed at the defense of the USSR and in the Patriotic War (where and when) in the Patriotic War since 1.43 on the Ukrainian Front 8. Wounds or contusions received during the Patriotic War Wounded lightly on 17.7.44, 15.11.44, 26.4.45 9. In the Red Army since 1.43 10. Drafted by what district military commissariat Artemovka District Military Commissariat 11. Previous awards Order of the “Red Star”, order of the 121st Guards Rifle Divison № 25/N of 15.4.45 12. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his/her family) Krasnoyarsk Province, Artemovka District, Village Artemovka. Father: Dudar’ Vasilij Nikitovich

Reverse. . . 14. Record of all awards presented: Name of Orders, Medals Serial Number Numbers of Documents Awarder Red Star 2577173 Temp. Cert 076579 Order of the 121st Rifle Division 025/N of 15.4.45 Patriotic War 2nd Class 789333 Temp. Cert076577 Order of the 27th Rifle Corps 023/N of 14.5.45 Signature of the awardee (signed) Dudar’ Correctness of the data and signature of awardee attested by Slavuta District Military Commissariat Captain (signed) 3 June 1947 / Rep’ev /

Award Card. . . AWARD CARD Order Booklet № 178516 1. Last Name Dudar’ 2. Name and Patronymic Anatolij Vasil’evich 3. Military Rank Junior Lieutenant 4. Sex Male 5. Year of Birth 1925 6. Place of Birth Kamenets-Podol’skij Region, Slavuta District, Village Min’kovtsy 7. Party Membership Without any party affiliation 8. Education Elementary 9. Nationality Ukrainian 10. In the Red Army since 1.1943 – 11.1945 11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at time of awarding time 121st Rifle Division, 337th Rifle Regiment – Rifle Company Commander 12. Place of service and duty position at current time Kamenets-Podol’skij Region, Slavuta District, Min’kovtsy Village – Collective Farmer 13. Home address of the awardee Kamenets-Podol’skij Region, Slavuta District, Village Min’kovtsy

Turning the page. . .

Order Book. . .

Reverse. . .

His Order of Glory, 3rd Class, Nr. 105576. . .

I. Brief description of personal feat On 24.6.44 in a battle of encounter with the enemy, Comrade Kostin with a group of cavalrymen on horseback attacked a group of Germans and in the course of that killed 3 Germans and captured 7 Germans. On 28.6.44 Comrade Kostin was wounded while being in the Firing Position, but he did not go to the hospital. Commander of the 176th Guards Artillery Mortar Regiment Guards Major (Signed) / Baranov / 30.6.44

AWARD LIST 1. Last Name, name and patronymic Kostin Nikolaj Gordeevich 2. Rank Guards Sergeant Major 3. Position, unit Senior Gun Fitter, 176th Guards Artillery Mortar Regiment, 6th Guards Cavalry Division Is Recommended for the awarding of the order of Glory 3rd Class 4. Year of birth 1918 5. Nationality Russian 6. Party membership Member of the VKP(b) (All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)) since 1943 7. Participation in the civil war, in other military actions aimed at the defense of the USSR and in the Patriotic War (where and when) in the Patriotic War since 25 June 1941 8. Wounds or contusions received during the Patriotic War Wounded on 28.6.44, remained in service 9. In the Red Army since October 1939 10. Drafted by what district military commissariat Cherkesk, Stavropol’ Province 11. Previous awards Medal For Bravery – 1943 12. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his/her family) Does not have parents and relatives.

14. Record of all awards presented: Name of Orders, Medals Serial Number Numbers of Documents Awarder -Glory 3rd Class 105576 Temp. Cert. B – 875743 Order of the 6th Guards Cavalry Division № 07/N of 16.7.44 -Red Star 1137323 Temp. Cert. D – 734152 Order of the 6th Guards Cavalry Division № 07/N of 26.2.45 -For Bravery 266181 Temp. Cert. 679774 Order of the 6th Guards Cavalry Division № 2/N of 10.12.42 -For the Defense of Stalingrad Perm. Cert. E – 34174 Edict of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of 22.12.42 -For the Capture of Konigsberg Perm. Cert. A – 139539 Edict of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of 22.9.45 -For Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941 – 1945 Perm. Cert. T – 0232903 Edict of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the USSR of 9.5.1945 -“ 30 Years of the Soviet Army and Fleet ” -“ For Combat Services ” n/a Edict of 15.11.50 -“ Red Star ” 3355308 Edict of 26.10.55 Signature of the awardee (signed) Kostin Correctness of the data and signature of awardee attested by Chief of the Headquarters of the 37th Independent Guards Artillery Division Guards Major (signed) 2 February 1947 / A. Dolgushev /

AWARD CARD Order Booklet A № 608342 1. Last Name Kostin 2. Name and Patronymic Nikolaj Gordeevich 3. Military Rank Guards Sergeant Major 4. Sex Male 5. Year of Birth 1918 6. Place of Birth Voronezh Region, Tokaj District, Village Kopyl 7. Party Membership Member of the VKP(b) (All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)) since 3.1942 8. Education Elementary 9. Nationality Russian 10. In the Red Army since 5.1939 11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at time of awarding time 176th Guards Artillery Mortar Regiment – Gun Fitter 12. Place of service and duty position at current time 37th Independent Guards Order of Kutuzov Artillery Division, Senior Gun Fitter 13. Home address of the awardee Kamenez-Podol’skij Region, City Izdelavl', Street Roza Lyuksemburg, House № 14

I think the only way to find out is to actually have it researched. Regardless, it is a beautiful example. . .

Four of only twenty Orders of Lenin awarded to foreigners during World War II per Schmitt. They were awarded November 27th, 1941, numbers 7381-7384.

Translation of biographical pages. . . Biography Sheet 1. Last name, name, patrionymic: Mitroshin, Aleksandr Sazonovich 2. Time and place of birth: 15.08.1910. Village of Yusupovo, Makarov Region, Saraganov Oblast 3. Nationality: Russian 4. Knowledge of foreign languages: n/a 5. Social standing: office worker from peasant family 6. Party membership: since 1939 ID #2497427 7. Education: sixth grade in 1925 village of Zubrilovka, Saratov Oblast. Mortar-Machinegun Academy (6 mos) 1942 in Alma-Aty [trans: now Almaty, Kyrgyzstan] 8. Participation in combat: Western Front 6.41-8.41, Voronezh Front 10.42-3.43, Central Front 5.43-8.43, 1 Belorussian Front 1.44-7.44, 2 Belorussian Front 10.44-3.45, 3 Belorussian Front 3.45-5.45 9. Wounds or shell-shock: 10. Decorations: RB 10.43, RS 7.44, Koenigsberg Medal, Victory over Germany Medal 11. Captive or encircled: 12. ID: 13. On file: (?)dimelskoe Regional Military Commissariat 14. Promotion: Captain by 2 Belorussian Front on 1.3.1945 15. Category: Commander, 1 Degree 16. Branch of service: Artillery, Specialty #20 17. Health condition: healthy 18. Mobilizations: 19. Place of employment and duty: Moldovan SSR (?) Canning Factory – Section Chief 20. Family status: married, wife – Mitroshin, Lyudmilla Fedorovna b.1922; MSSR [trans: illegible] 21. Special remarks: Military ID P-15500 22. Service Cadet Regimental School, 96 RR, 32 RD, (?), Eastern Region Deputy Platoon Leader Same as above MG Platoon Leader 59 Independent Ski Battalion, 18 Rifle Division, Finnish War Recon Platoon Leader 465 RR, 60 RD, 21 Army, Western Front Medical Convalescence Evac Hospital #2446 in Petropavlovsk Cadet 118 RR, 32 Reserve RBde Cadet Higher Mortar-MG Academy, Alma-Ata Deputy Mortar Company CDR 1885 RR, 322 RD, 60 Army, Voronezh Front Medical Convalescence Medical Battalion, 322 RD, Voronezh Front 23. Released to reserves: 24. Retired: 25. Remarks: [trans: Another, similar though brief biography card adds the following information: 22. Service Mortar Company Commander 322 RD, 60 Army, Central Front Medical Convalescence Evacuation Hospital #5184 Mortar Training Company Commander 146 Army Reserve Rifle Regiment, 48 Army, 1 BeF Medical Convalescence Evacuation Hospital #25755 Mortar Training Company Commander 146 Army Reserve Rifle Regiment, 48 Army, 2 BeF Mortar Battalion Commander 146 Army Reserve Rifle Regiment, 48 Army 3 BeF (as of 18.5.45) Regional Military Commissariat Solobelyanskii Regional Military Commissariat, Baltic Military District (as of 31.12.45) Verified by Guards Major Zagrebelnii and Captain (?) 23. Released to the reserves, 1 Category in the rank of Captain by Order of the Baltic Military District dated 15.4.46 My thanks to Paul Schmitt!

I'll take the easy one. Number five is "MFH". . .

Interesting hypothesis. . . I too thought it was 124104, but on closer inspection. . . You have to love Soviet record keeping. Now, if I could only find his Order of the Red Banner. . .

My thanks to Paul Schmitt & Alexi Merezhko. . .

Biographical card, translation to follow. . .

Reverse. . .

His Order of the Red Star. . .

Citation reverse with translation. . . Endorsed Commander, 146 Reserve Rifle Regiment, Guards Colonel Loshakov and Chief of Staff Lieutenant Colonel Rubanovich Awarded the Order of the Red Star by Order 48/N of the 48 Army dated 19 July 1944