Soviet Group 1 cl. OGPW and Red Star

[Alfred]

KLISCHIN, NIKOLAI, IVANOWITSCH (2 awards):

Order of the Great Patriotic War 1st Class (s/n 145.907);

and the Order of the Red Star (1.385.334)

research is in progress

[Alfred]

and inside the award book

[Alfred]

here are the awards

[Guest Rick Research]

Ah, that's a and you've gotten a much better scan of the real colors than I've been able to ever get with mine.

Research will be interesting-- I'd have expected the OPW1 earlier, in February 1945, so this must be one of those strange units with lower numbers handed out later. His Red Star falls into the range of numbers I've found so far.

An "A" book so aalmost certainly an officer. No post war Orders, so not a career officer. His OPW1 should be quite interesting!!!

[Alfred]

Ah, that's a and you've gotten a much better scan of the real colors than I've been able to ever get with mine.

Rick,

I use a digital cam, my scanner makes no sharp pictures.

[Gerd Becker]

Nice, Andreas . Is this the group, you ordered research for?

[Alfred]

Yes Gerd,

I am still waiting till July for the results.

regards

Andreas

[Alfred]

Finally, today I got the research for the group

to Comrade Captain KLISHIN, Nikoly, Ivanovich:

born November 1907, married

russian nationality

party member since 1931,

Service in Red Army:

1929 to 1932

since June 1941

political officer, second in command of the 1st tank bataillon in political issues 116th tank brigade

three times wounded

Awards:

1 cl. OGPW 19.05.1945 and

Red Star 10.05.1945

Stalingrad medal

not mentioned but I think Victory over Germany medal

sadly not for raising the red flag over the Reichstag in Berlin ....

but for raising the Polish National banner on the Goverment House in Dantzig town (Danzig) ....

Attachments:

Map from east Prussian with the city Danzig and

the town hall of Danzig

Edited January 5, 2006 by Alfred

[Alfred]

Here is his citation for the OGPW 1st class:

Where is the town Miroz, to the date I guess somewhere in east Prussian or Poland ? Has somebody information where it is ?

orginal writing: МИРОЗ

The interesting information how many prisions of war are captured is not readable. The last figure is a zero.

Edited January 5, 2006 by Alfred

[Alfred]

and here his citation for the OGPW 2nd class, downgraded to a Red Star:

... for raising the Polish National banner on the Goverment House in Dantzig town (Danzig)

... the Polish National banner as a russian

[Gerd Becker]

Andreas,

which units did he serve in? And was a photo included?

Gerd

[Alfred]

Hello Gerd,

no his Service record was not available, so no photo and no units

His units and service places due to the citation :

116th tank brigade; 8th mechanized corps

69 tank regiment; 34th guards mechanized division

Western front June 1941 to Dezember 1941

Stalingrad front since Oktober 1942 to January 1943

Southern front since February 1943 to March 1943

2nd Byelorussian front since 1945

regards

Andreas

Edited January 5, 2006 by Alfred

[Gerd Becker]

Thanks, Andreas. I am sorry, that no Service Record was included. That was also the case with one of my ORB?s.

Gerd

[Guest Rick Research]

Did you get his Award Record Card? That would probably show Polish decorations if this unit was one of those in the supposedly "Polish" Communist forces.

[Alfred]

Yes Rick,

only the OGPW 1st class and the Red Star are on the award card.

the Stalingrad Medal is mentioned in the award citation for the Red Star.

I will post the russian documents tomorrow.

[Alfred]

Here is the copy of the award card:

Edited January 6, 2006 by Alfred

[Alfred]

and the citation for the OGPW 1cl.

[Alfred]

and the rest of the citation for the OGPW 1cl.

[Alfred]

What is the name of the city ? Where it is located ?

Could Miros (?) the short form for Marienburg ?

Edited January 6, 2006 by Alfred

[Alfred]

Miros seems to be this city Miroslawiec.

[Gerd Becker]

Andreas,

i can finally provide the Unit-History of the 116th Tank Brigade:

116th Tank Brigade

Formed February-March 1942 in Volga Military District with

323rd Tank Battalion

324th Tank Battalion

116th Motorized Rifle Battalion

The 116th Tank Brigade trained in Volga Military District until July, when it was shipped to the Voronezh Front. It served as a seperate support brigade in various armies in the Voronezh Front for the rest of 1942 and early 1943. In January 1943 formed the Army Mobile Group for 40th Army with:

323rd Tank Battalion: 15 KV?s, 8 T-70?s in 3 companies

1 submachine gun company in 9 captured German armored half-tracks

1 76mm Antitank Battery (4 guns)

1 37mm anitaircraft section (2 guns)

1 Mortar Platoon (4 X 82mm)

On 9. February this group helped liberate Belgorod, but the brigade as a whole took heavy losses from Manstein?s counterattack in February-March, and the 116th Tank Brigade was evacuated to Volga Military District in STAVKA Reserve for rebuilding in March 1943.

Between March and July 1943 the brigade was rebuild as a medium tank brigade and assigned to the 8th Mechanized Corps. It remained assigned to the 8th Mechanized Corps for the rest of the war. On 6. December 1943 the brigade was awarded the honorific title: "Alesandriiskikh"

Source: Charles Sharp "Soviet OOB of WWII"

Gerd

[Jeff Garrison]

Did you get his Award Record Card? That would probably show Polish decorations if this unit was one of those in the supposedly "Polish" Communist forces.

Hi Rick,

Can you tell me why you would think that Klishin might be part of a Polish unit? Is there information you can provide in this direction?