Bill Garvy

Citation. . .

Reverse. . .

Order Card obverse. . .

Order of Glory, 3rd Class, Nr. 322277. . .

Order Book. . . This one may have been awarded to a civilian, so it make take longer to research, if anything is found at all. . .

Order Book. . .

Reverse. . .

Obverse. . .

1. Last name, first name, and patronymic: DUBYAGA IVAN IVANOVICH 2. Time and place of birth: January 27,1903 Leningrad 12. Regist. № № № Crossed out due to death. 3. Nationality Russian 4. Knowledge of foreign languages and level of mastery: None 13. Where registered (name of the district military registration and enlistment office) Moscow district military commissariat of Leningrad 5. Social status and origin: employee, of workers origin 14. Military rank conferred: Order of Order number Date 6. Party membership CPSU member since 1919, Party-membership card № 2440675, candidate to CPSU member since member of the L.Y. C.L. S.U. since non-party Party penalties and change of party affiliation - None - Of January 1954 7. Education General: 5 grades of the Petrogradskaya 5th gymnasium in 1918 15. Personnel: political reserve ?3? class Military: (names of military educational institutions, month and year of graduation, complete or accelerated training): None 16.Combatarm:Registered military speciality № 236 17. State of health: partly restricted, 2nd degree Political: Three-month courses of district committee secretaries in 1935, Pushkin 18. Training duty status _________________ 19______ days _________________ 19______ days type type _________________ 19______ days _________________ 19______ days _________________ 19______ days _________________ 19______ days 8. Participation in the Fronts: The Civil war ? Western front from August 1920 till March 1921. The Patriotic war ? Leningrad front from July 1941 till August 1941 9. Wounds and contusions: Heavy missile wound into the right foot and head, on August 02, 1941. 10. Awards (orders and medals):Order: ?Red Star? in 1942; Badge of Honour in 1945; Medals: ?For the Defense of Leningrad? in 1943, ?For Victory over Germany? in 1945, ?For Valiant Labour? in 1945 19. Place of service and position (or non-military occupation) Leningrad, 78th Board of Glavneftegazstroy, Head of supply department, assistant of the Head of Board 11. Being in captivity, encirclement ? when, how long (for those being in encirclement, the column to be filled only if went out of the encirclement separately from the unit): Not applicable 20. Marital status and home address: Divorced. Son ? Vitaly, 1927. Leningrad,126 Mezhdunarodny prospect, flat 124 Special notes: PHOTO 22. Service in the Soviet Army Position Unit Order of Order number Date Clerk Petrogradsky military economic district storage warehouse 1.1920 Head of the regiment political education. 499th rifle regiment, 56th rifle division of the Western front 8.1920 Bookkeeper. Petrogradsky military economic district storage warehouse 3.1921 Secretary Petrogradsky military economic district storage warehouse 10.1922 Secretary of the military commissariat Petrogradsky military economic district storage warehouse 1.1923 In charge of bringing in and removal of goods Petrogradsky military economic district storage warehouse 9.1924 Head of the transport-auxiliary department Petrogradsky military economic district storage warehouse 8. 1926 In the reserve 10.1926 Political instructor of the battery The 4th reserve artillery regiment of Leningrad military district 9.1939 Political instructor of the battery Reserve of political administration of Leningrad military district 2.1940 Secretary of the regiment Party bureau 412th howitzer artillery regiment, 122nd rifle division of Leningrad military district 4.1940 In the reserve 10.1940 Company political instructor 2nd rifle regiment of the 2nd Moscow division of the people?s army of the Leningrad front 7.1941 Undergoing medical treatment as a result of wound Evacuation hospital № 4007 of Sverdlovsk 8.1941 Moscow district military commissariat Lieutenant Colonel (signed) /Chevychelov/ Head of the 3rd unit Captain (signed) /Morozov/ 23. Dismissed to reserve "_3__"class, in the rank of 10.2.1942 24. Retired in the rank of _____________________________________ ground

AWARD CITATION 1. First, middle and last names Dubyaga Ivan Ivanovich 2. Rank Senior political instructor 3. Position, unit Political instructor of the 1st rifle brigade, 2nd rifle regiment, 2nd People Army division Is recommended for the order of Red Star 4. Year of birth 1903 5. Nationality Russian 6. Party membership CPSU(B) member 7. Participation in the civil war and other military actions aimed at the defense of the USSR (where and when) Participant in battles against the Byelo-Finns, ?, near settlement of Yurki, Ivanovskoye, ? 8. Wounds or contusions received during the Patriotic War Wounded twice 9. In the Red Army since September, 1939 ? October 1940; since July 4, 1941 10. Drafted by what district military commissariat Moscow military commissariat, voluntarily 11. Previous awards None 12. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his/her family) Leningrad, 39 Blagodatny pereulok, flat 100 I. Brief description of personal feat or merits Comrade Dubyaga proved himself to be courageous in the battles; being a political instructor of the company he was always on the front line carrying the subdivisions. He took part in a lot of battles against the enemy. During the battle near ? , being wounded he did not leave the battle field. Comrade Dubyaga rendered assistance to other wounded soldiers and was heavily wounded once again. Being wounded twice he managed not only to leave the battle field himself, but also to pull out the heavily wounded soldier. He is devoted to the cause of the Lenin-Stalin party. For his courage and bravery he deserves the government award. Regiment commander: Senior political instructor: Major (signed) (signed) August 21, 1941, By order to the troops of the Leningrad front No 0730/N of March 31, 1942 is awarded the order of Red Star. II. Conclusion of the Higher Command Recommended for awarding the order of Red Star Commander of the 2nd People Army division Lieutenant Colonel (signed) Division military commissar ? ? ? August 22, 1941 (signed) III. Conclusion of the Army Military Council I apply for awarding comrade Dubyaga the order of Red Star Commander of ? : Major General (signed) /Semashko/ Military Commissar, Brigade Commander (signed) /Melnikov/ August 31, 1941 IV. Conclusion of the Front Military Council

Record card Order book № 472313 1. Last name: Dubyaga 2. First, middle names: Ivan Ivanovich 3. Military rank: Senior political instructor 4. Sex: Male 5. Year of birth: January 27, 1903 6. Place of birth: Leningrad 7. Party membership since: C.P.S.U.(B.) member since August 1919 8. Education: secondary 9. Nationality: Russian 10. In the Red Army since: January-1920 ? October- 1926; September-1939 ? October-1940; June-1941 ? February-1942; 11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied when awarded: 2nd rifle regiment; 85th rifle division of Leningrad front; Company political instructor 12. Current place of service and position: 841st factory, Leningrad, 22 Tambovskaya Street. Party bureau secretary. 13. Home address of the awardee: Leningrad, 126 Mezhdunarodny pr., flat 124. 14. Record of previous awards Names of orders, medals Their numbers Document numbers Ground for award Checked Order of the Red Star 22749 Temporary Certificate 61616 Order 0730 to Leningrad front of March 31, 1942 The Badge of Honor 77114 Order/book 380734 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 16, 1945 For the Defense of Leningrad medal - Permanent/ Certificate H-01347 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 22, 1942 For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 medal - Permanent/ Certificate Е-0325199 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 9, 1945 For Labor Valor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 medal - Permanent/ Certificate Д-0026592 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 6, 1945 Signature of awardee (signed) ________________________ Data correctness and signature of awardee attested by: (неразборчиво) Lieutenant Colonel (signed) March 5, 1946

Nr. 886800, a mere thirty away from Nr. 886770 previously posted!

Maker mark, and apparently more variations to look for. . .

Reverse, and a little more patina than some of the previously posted examples. . .

And yet another example. . .

Exactly! The more a picture is copied and scanned, the greater is the likelihood of distortion, and sadly the distortion has been used to authenticate reproductions. . .

A beautiful Deschler & S?hne!

And yet another version, this one taken from "Luftwaffe Aces" by Franz Kurkowski, page 273. . . There's a little less distortion in this scan.

I think this is the full picture from which the above is taken. . .

Citation reverse. . . Will post translation when it arrives shortly, and amend the title of my post with his name and rank. In the meantime, your comments are always welcome!

Citation obverse. . .

Service Record, page 4. . .

Service record, page 3, very plain. . .

Service Record, page 2, with picture!