Soviet Little documented CSM-Stalingrad medal group

[Bryan]

Oh yes, you are right!

I guess I still have to learn a lot about research!

[Guest Rick Research]

She was a Yefreiter when the card was filled out, which I would consider a Private First Class/lance Corporal.

Her unit when decorated was 64th Independent Army Workshop of Signals, 7th Guards Army.

The line at the bottom reverse of the ARC simply repeats the district Veterans' Commissariat name and rank/name of the officer in local charge of veterans affairs there.

[Bryan]

Thanks Rick, I have completed the informations. For "Yefreiter", I had in my dictionnary "Corporal". I'm still a newbie with those terms.

[Bryan]

So here is a sloppy translation from Russian to French then from French to English.

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Here is what the research says.

Name, First Name, Patronymic: Tchmul Lidiya Ivanovna

Post: Chief Secretary from a communication workshop of the 7th Guards Army

Candidate for the Medal for Combat Service

Birth year : 1923

Nationality: Ukrainian

Member of the Komsomol since 1938

Participation in the Civil War or other actions for the defence of the Soviet Union : Great Patriotic War participant since October 22nd 1942

Wounds : -------

RVK de recruiting: Stalingrad region , Bikovsk, RVK

Medals : Defense of Stalingrad

Address of the candidate : Stalingrad region, district of Bikovsk, village of Razhdolye

Mother : Novuvorskaya Elena Pavlovna

Chief Secretary of the OAMC administration, she has shown discipline and she proved that she was capable of some initiative. She learned her work in a short period of time and she has contributed to ameliorate de situations in many things. Without thinking about sleeping, she was able to reconstruct the accountancy of the material and the alimentary products. She was able to pursue here writings during the Belgorod-Kharkov battles where she was an example for the personnel of her unity from a disciplinary point of view and for her initiative.

Therefore she is recommended for the Medal for Combat Service.

Major of the Guard of the OAMC of the 7th Guards Army

Citation part 2

Is being awarded the Medal for Combat Service

(order N 275 from the 7th Guards Army on October 10th 1943

[Bryan]

Good that I had help for the translation. I wasn't able to read at the bottom.

Edited December 7, 2006 by Soviet

[Gerd Becker]

I totally missed this. I think, its really cool to have an award to a chief secretary I guess, Miss Ivanovna is one of those people, who are responsible, that our researcher finds, what he is looking for

Nice group, Bryan. If you ever want to sell it, keep me in mind please.

[Bryan]

Thank you Gerd! It's my only documented Stalingrad group, so I might keep it for a while until who knows.