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Bob, I magnifyed the image and definately see the NOs. 2 & 3. The # 4 is still a little hard to see. Doc

Christian, Was he a Medic? Or did he bring his wounded comrades off of the front to an Battle Aid Station? Doc

Christian, I am glad to hear that Sergeant Gnitienko's "Glory-Trio" is the real deal!!! Congrats One day I might have something close to that. Doc

All the Best wishes for a Merry christmas for our Russion Orthodox members!!! Doc

Rick and Ed, Thanks for the help!!! I didn't get a post-war record card. I'll try to get it. Doc

Rick, This is all I received from Gregory. I'll contact him about the Award Card. Doc

AND FINALLY...CITATION PAGE 4 Doc

CITATION PAGE 3

CITATION PAGE 2

CITATION PAGE 1

AWARD CARD BACK

AWARD CARD FRONT

CITATION ORDER No 015/N to the 1367th Sevastopol rifle regiment, 414th Anapa holding the Order of the Red Banner rifle division July 28, 1944 Acting Army In the name of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union, awarded are: WITH THE MEDAL FOR COURAGE 35. SANIKIDZE Mikhail Diomidovich, rifleman of the 6th rifle company - Red Army man, for being in the fights in the region of place Bezymyanny among the first reached the fence wires and made the passageway through the minefield in the firing enemy line. Born in 1925, Georgian, non-party member, in the Red Army was drafted by Vansky district military commissariat, Georgian SSR in January 22, 1943. Home address: Georgian SSR, Vansky district, Kirovo village, father Diomid Petrovich. Earlier was not awarded. Commander of the 1367th Sevastopol rifle regiment Lieutenant Colonel (signed) /Kantariya/ Chief of Staff (signed) /Davituliani/ Written in three copies Copy #1 ? to the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union Copy #2 ? to Central personnel administration of People Defense Commissariat Copy #3 ? to be filed in 1367th Sevastopol rifle regiment June 29, 1944 The order is checked by: Head of the personnel department of 414th Anapa Holding the order of the Red Banner rifle division Major of executive department /Latyshev/ July, 1944 The order is checked by: Registration Chief of Staff Assistant, 1367th Sevastopol rifle regiment Captain (signed) /Veykbaum/ June 29 1944 The order is checked by: Head of personnel department of 414th rifle division Major of executive department (signed) /??? shev/ September 5, 1944 The order is checked: Head of the personnel department of 55th rifle corps Lieutenant Colonel (signed) /Avdeev/ September 11, 1944 Head of the personnel department Section of Primorskoy Army Colonel (Zhdanov) Signed November 11, 1944

Record card 1. Last name: (SANIKADZE) SANIKIDZE 2. First, middle names: Mikhail Diomidovich 3. Military rank: Red Army man 4. Sex: Male 5. Year of birth: 1925 6. Place of birth: 7. Party membership since: Non- party 8. Education: 9. Nationality: Georgian 10. In the Red Army since: 11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied when awarded: 1367th rifle regiment, 514th rifle division - rifleman 12. Current place of service and position: 13. Home address of the awardee: Georgian SSR, Vansky district, Kirovo village 14. Previous awards Names of orders, medals Their numbers Document numbers Ground for award Checked For Courage medal 1009474 Perm./certif., B-221224 Order to 1367th rifle regiment, section of Primorskaya Army No 015/N of June 28, 1944 ?For the fights with German invaders?

His Bravery Medal

Johnsy, I applaude your efforts made to preserve and display the medals of your family!!! I did the same for my Dad's medals a few years ago. They all served with Honor and to display their medals is the ultimate tribute to their service. Doc

At 108 years old, imagine all he saw in his lifetime besides the war. Those who served in WWI are all but gone and we are losing our WWII Veterans daily. Let us hope that their stories or retained and remebered. Dr. Erich K?stner, From one Veteran to another, Rest In Peace... Doc

WOW!!! Ed, I LOVE it!!! I have yet to add a Mongolian uniform to my growing uniform collection. Doc

Ed, MORE GREAT GOODIES!!! Keep 'em coming...I'm getting that Mongolian itch again!!! Doc

Ed, These are GREAT!!! I've never seen such a variety of Mongolian shoulderboards (If any?!!). Doc

Congtas on your Star!!! It's a GREAT medal to start your collection. ***WARNING: MEDAL COLLECTING IS ADDICTIVE AND THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE *** Doc

I still think that with the Purges and labor camps it would be disgraceful to elavate Stalin to Sainthood After all it was Stalin who said "Bring the machineguns, Let's liquidate the diplomats". Doc

Christian, Thanks for the "Linder" link. It looks like a pretty good solution to my storage problem. Doc

Here's my single ribbon with mini EK on it. Doc