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1b actual text of first of two separate requests for the same long service Lenin-- boiler plate we have to write up something stuff: for excellent organization of evacuation of the division's wounded, excellent command of the division's medical staff, at the front since 1 October 1941, devoted to the party of Lenin and Stalin......

1a (= top of FIRST nomination for long service Lenin)

The below was translated with the great help of Rick Research and a new Rick! Thank you! Please feel free to add any comments! Lizunkov, Petr Prokofievich Guards Lieutenant Colonel of Medical Service Born 1900 in city of Dubrovna, Vitebskaya Oblast, White Russian SSR. Member of CPSU since 1943 Higher education White Russian In Red Army since 3 May 1919 At time of award: Divisional Physician of 13th Guards Cavalry Division Presently (22 April1946): Corps Physician of 4th Guards "Ardeisky" Cossack Cavalry Kubansky Corps address: House #14, Ulitsa 8 Marta, Krasnodarsky Krai, city of Maikop Awards: ORS 94,427 30.1.43 per decree of the Voronezh Front ORS 563,686 25.3.44 per decree of the 13th Army ORB 172,155 on 3.11.44 for long service OPW2 261,627 on 22.1.45 per decree of 6th Guards Cavalry Corps OL 35,296 on 21.2.45 for long service Victory Over Germany Medal added-- ORB 2nd award 18,324 per Ukaz of 15.11.50 (long service) (Ukaz lists him as full Colonel) 1948 Red Army Jubilee Medal and the ARC was personally signed off on by Guards Major General TSHITOV, Chief of Staff of 4th Gds Cossack Cavalry Kubansky Corps. Service In The Red Army = 3 May 1919 to November 1920: Fel'dsher (Medical Assistant) with the Infectious Diseases Section, Western Front November 1920-November 1923: Med Asst in 14th Light Artillery Battalion, Western Front November 1923-October 1928: Med Asst in Artillery Rgt of 5th Rifles Division, Western Front October 1928-September 1930: Med Asst at School for Sappers No. 64, White Russian Military District September 1930-Nay 1935: Med Asst 4th Automobile Battalion, White Russian Military District May 1935-August 1939: Senior Doctor in 23rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Kazak Division August 1939-September 1940: Commander of Divisional Medical Service, 145th Rifles Division, White Russian Military District September 1940-March 1941: Commander of 2nd Department (whatever THAT was), Orel Military District's Medical Services March-July 1941: Commander of Medical Services, Tambov Artillery School, Orel Military District July 1941-April 1942: Divisional Physician, 29th Independent Cavalry Division (can't tell what it says off page) April 1942-November 1944: Divisional Physician of 13th Guards Cavalry "Rovenskoi" Division, 1st Ukrainian Front (?? previously called the 83rd Cavalry Division) Called up for military service in 1919 by Moscow City Military Commissariat. In Civil War 1919+, "liberation of western White Russia" 1939 (invasion of Poland with the Nazis), Great Patriotic War since 27.6.41 on Bryansk, Western, Voronezh, Western, 1st Ukrainian, and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts Lightly wounded in 1919 and 1943 Wife Zoya Pavlovna Lizunkova lived in Tambov. Communist Party # 5,667,676 OPW 2 for action in Poland June 1944 and in Hungary, October 1944-- particularly around Debrecen, where his iniative and organization of the division's medical personnel, especially tending 400 men wounded on 15 October, saved hundreds of lives. 1st ORS in 1943 for general efficiency of the 83rd/ (? 13 Gds Cav) Division's medical services-- evacuation of wounded, medical bases etc. No citation for the 2nd ORS.

From everything I have read about him, he seems to have been one of the more noble TR personalities. I am sure that he will be missed by friends and historians alike.

I see that he has the imperial pilots badge. I also read that he has the Pour Le Merite. Does anyone else know of his other decorations?

I have never even heard of a Commander's version. Do you know what it looks like?

That is a great medal. It is one of the favorites in my collection. It is great to you still have the packet. Yours and mine are the only packets I have seen.

It helps a lot!! Thanks Scott!

Sort of similar to our Merchant Marine Academy?

Why did they do away with the medals?

Can you list out the medals? I am not familiar with Australian medals.

That is a great photo!! Thanks for posting it! I have never heard of him before. Do you have any information about him to share?

I love that display! Thanks for sharing it!

Thanks for posting this book... I thought that I read somewhere that they stopped running troops through the jump course in 1944. If this is true(Fj experts help!), that would explain the lack of an Fj badge. I look forward to hearing the voices of the more experienced!

Thanks Nesredep. I like it too! Are there any more LW Admin items out there? Lets keep them coming!

This has been a fascinating read! I see that he is an officer as well. Is there anything written on the back?

Congratulations!! You did really well. How did you do it? Most I see on Ebay end up at about 40 dollars or more!

Thanks for another great photo. That must have been one huge car bomb!

Thanks for sharing all of these great photos. What country are those silk Iraqi flags made in?

That is a wonderful collection. Thank you for sharing it with us. Who is that portrait of? Ed, what is Sprink's reason for not wanting to share this basic information?

Oh my God Ed. I would love to take a walk through your collection room. I am sure that I could look for days and not see it all. I am floored!!

I am in love, Ed. I think that I found a new secondary focus!! These medals and orders are amazing. You definitely have my attention here. I shudder to think what happened to the recipients of these awards after the Soviet pull out.

Congrats on such a pristine piece Vince! As said earlier, this and the Flak badge are the only two bona fide LW Combat badges. This is actually my favorite LW badge!

Those are the first awards from Soviet Afghanistan I have ever seen. Are there any medals in your collection?

It looks like the man walked home from France upon the surrender, in that tunic! Maybe it did some time in a POW internment camp? Here are the repaired elbows! It has loops for a small ribbon bar as well. I think that a crusty 1914 EK2 and an HK would go on nicely!