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AWARD CITATION First middle and last names: Sitara Andrey Maksimovich Rank: Guards Private Position, Unit: Field engineer, Field-engineer platoon, 7th Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment, 2nd Guards Airborne Proskurov Division Is recomended for the order of glory 3rd class Year of birth 1900 Nationality Ukrainan Party membership Non-party Participation in the civil war and other military actions aimed at the defense of the USSR (where and when): The 1st Ukrainian front-Since May 16, 1944 till august 10, 1944 The 4th Ukrainian front-Since August 10, 1944 till now Wounds or contusions received during the patriotic war: None In the red army since: April 9, 1944 Drafted by what district military commissariat: Barsk district military commissariat, vinnitsa region Previous awards: None Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his/her family): Sloboda village, Barsk District, Vinnitsa region Wife-Sitara Sofia Andreevna BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF PERSONAL FEAT OR MERITS During actions at Yablunov and Stopchashuv comrade Sitara placed 250 mines under the enemy's heavy rifle machine-gun and bombarding fire. In the course of breaking the enemy's defense he went to minefields and wire entanglements twice, at this he disarmed 30 enemy's mines. Within the Engineer Scout Unit he participated in the regiment assault, clearing the road from the enemy's mines. In the course of defense of height 1005.0 he repulsed attacks under enemy's heavy bombardment and machine-gun fire, at this he displayed courage and heroism. He deserves the government award, the order of glory,3rd class Commander of the 7th Guards Airborne rifle regiment Guards Major /Nakonechnikov/ August 29, 1944 ll. Conclusion of the higher Command lll. Conclusion of the army military council lV. conclusion of the front military council V. Conclusion of the award commission of the people's commissariat of defense Vl. Award Record The order of Glory, 3rd class, awarded under order # 0110/N of august 31, 1944 to the 2nd Guards Airborne Division Chief of cadre department Guards Captain /??/ top of Page 1 below

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I finally got the research for 3rd class Order of Glory 155631! Пожалуйста! RECORD CARD Last name: Sitar First,middle names: Andrey Maximovich Military rank: Guards Red army man Sex: Male Year of birth: 1900 Place of birth: Sloboda Gulivskaya village, Barsk district, Vinnitsa region Party memberchip since: (blank) Education: Elementary Nationality: Ukrainan In the red army since: Since 1922 to 1924, since March 1944 to June 1945 Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied when awarded: 7th Guards Airborne regiment. Combat Engineer. Current place of service and position: Sloboda Gulivskaya village, Barsk district, Vinnitsa region, "Kommunar" collective farm, Team-Leader Record of previous avards: Names of Orders, Their numbers Document numbers Ground for award medals Glory 3rd cl # 155631 Military certificate G-282715 Order no 0110/N of august 31, 1944 to 2nd Guards Airborne division Red Star # 2034709 Military certificate K-070562 Order no 0131/N of May 18, 1945 to 2nd Guards Airborne division For the victory over # ----- S-262777 Decree of May 09, 1945 Germany Signature of awardee (signed) Data correctness and signature of awardee attested by: Barsk District Military Commissar Captain (signed) August 23, 1947 Page 1 of Record card below

That worn order of glory is great. I really like it! A bit off topic but I can't resist. This is what he would have looked like if he had been a cook. Great research! /Erik

Thank You very much! I'm actually thinking about researching it but I have a few more waiting and I have not made up my mind yet. But before that, I'm still waiting for my OG research to come in the mail. It appeared that there had been some misunderstanding but I'm hoping it will come this or next week. I'll post it when I get it. Epson.... /Erik

Thank You! Yes, who needs to use the black and white settings anyway. It will probably work if i bother to download new drivers. /Erik

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It was time to try our new hp scanner so I decided to scan this bravery medal with temporary award document. It appears that it crashes when I don?t make a scan in colour?. If it can scan colour why not black and white!... Anyway? I think his name is Sirogis Karl Petrovich the rest I can't read. Was it given 12 December 1945 for something he did in 1942? Or have I got everything vrong? I think I will use my digital camera in the future. /Erik

Congratulations! That Kite looks really familiar... Hope I have better luck with the next one. It is really nice, can't get much better! /Erik

Thank You for the information about that. I guess the fakes were not very good back then. Or could they be mistaken for originals? Some of the recent fakes are quite scary. /Erik

I can't see anything wrong with them. I agree the Vienna medal looks a bit weird but it is probably ok, just very worn. Did they even fake campaign medals 10 years ago? /Erik

It says third place,category,class? I am not sure what the exact translation of раЗряд would be here. Hope it helps /Erik

Hi! Does anyone know if the conflict centering on the Damanskij island in the Ussuri river between China and the Soviet union continued into 1970? Could the order have been awarded as part of the fighting here? /Erik

They were? I thought it was awarded for distinguished military service in general, not only combat? /Erik

By the way... Are the boxes made of wood or plastic? I remembered this old thread You might not have seen. My favourit. A 4th class which looks like it could be from around 1910. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3202

Rivets were used on 6th class orders and above. I believe they stoped using rivets sometime after the war (that is what I have heard). Sacred treasures are still awarded in Japan so Your order are probably made betwen 1945-2006. I can't be more acurate than that, sorry. So much still to learn about them. I am actually only collecting the early ones. The writing shanged sometime in the thirties to the style on Your 5th cl. Hope it helps /Erik

and the box. I think this order are made sometime around 1920. (I'm guessing here). Edit: problem attaching picture

Hi! I think this order is perfectly fine. But it looks like a post war wariation. (no rivets on the reverse of the order). I don't think I have ever seen any fake 5th cl Sacred treasures. /Erik here is my one Edit: wrote 6th instead of 5th...

Is it the type of tunic? With that collar? I can't remember what it is called. /Erik

A strange looking eagle!? /Erik

Isn't the bravery medal entry in the booklet missing a "0"? A stunning group I have to agree, but without campaign medals I'm not interested. /Erik

shhh! We do not want any more competition. Great collection. I really like the design of the sacred treasure orders. /Erik

I forgot to say that it is unmarked. Here is another one from my collection that is marked. Made of what looks to be silver. I will only post a picture of the mark since the rest of the medal looks like any other red cross medal.