Bryan Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Because I can?t afford some medals and orders, my collection theme now is to collect documented groups related to the capture of Berlin. I have so far 3 documented groups related to the battle of Berlin. Here is my last acquisition which is also my smallest Berlin related group.The group is incomplete. It seems there is missing 2 Red stars and 1 Order of the Patriotic war. Unfortunately I do not have the missing numbers.Group to Anton Mikhailovitch Tretiak an Ukrainian from the 63rd Army. I guess that is what the stamps mean with the number ?63?. However I don?t think the 63rd Army was involved in the battle of Berlin. He was corporal in 1945 and sergeant in 1946. The document says he was a driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Capture of Berlin document Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Liberation of Warsaw document Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Victory over Germany document Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Red Army booklet 01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ed_Haynes Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Nice one, Sov. A lot of history here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 That's a Great group you have there!!! I like your collecting theme. Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 He was born in 1920 and drafted in 1940. Took part in the Great Patriotic War since 22 June 1941.TWO Red Stars-- 16.1.43 and (7.3. ? under stamp so not clear) 1945.He was an auto mechanic and driver in thebridging company of the 63rd Independent Motorized Pontoon Bridging Battalion. From the stamps showing issuance of a War Participants' Badge on two of those, he must have still been alive around 2000-- is that when those badges came out?You can bet his January 1943 Red Star as a very junior enlisted man would have been quite a distinction! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) Oh so that is where the #63 come from.Any idea to which army belong the 63rd Independent Motorized Pontoon Bridging Battalion?Sorry that I had to resize my scans. The second Red Star is dated : 6.03.1945 Edited February 23, 2007 by Soviet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 So anybody has an idea to which army belong the 63rd Independent Motorized Pontoon Bridging Battalion?Here is another scan from the page 4-5 from his Red Army book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted March 3, 2007 Share Posted March 3, 2007 There is nothing there so far showing any unit higher than his Battalion. If you had his Award Record Card, that would show what level of higher command issued his two Red Stars.I would guess that being an "Independent" unit, it was controlled at Army Corps or Front level, not in a Division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted March 3, 2007 Author Share Posted March 3, 2007 Thank you Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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