Soviet Captain Verzhbilovskaya

[Ferdinand]

This Red Star for 15 years of service was awarded to Captain of Administrative Service Aleksandra Georgiyevna Verzhbilovskaya, the (female) secretary of the military procurator's office of the 60th Army.

Edited July 31, 2010 by Ferdinand

[Ferdinand]

And the booklet. Unfortunately I only have her long service RS

[IrishGunner]

Nice award; any idea for what activity she received the Star?

I will be looking Red Stars over tomorrow at the Yerevan flea market. :ninja:

[Ferdinand]

Patience my friend, the documents will be posted in a minute :beer:

[IrishGunner]

Hehe... Now I see Long Service. Patience isn't my strong trait. :whistle:

[Ferdinand]

Record card, obverse:

[Ferdinand]

Record card

Order booklet nr. 382296

1. Last name: Verzhbilovskaya

2. First name and patronymic: Aleksandra Georgiyevna

3. Military rank: Major of Administrative Service

4. Sex: Female

5. Year of birth: 1903

6. Place of birth: City of Buzuluk

7. Party membership (since which year): Not a party member

8. Education: Secondary

9. Nationality: Russian

10. Since which year in the Red Army: February 1923 - October 1926 and since April 1931

11. Place of service (name of unit) and duty position at the time of the awarding: Military procurator's office - Secretary of the Military procurator's office

12. Current Place of service and duty position: Military procurator's office of the Kuban Military District - Senior secretary of the military procurator's office

13. Home address of the awardee: City of Krasnodar, 55 Kuznechnaya Street

14. Record of all awards presented:

- Combat Merits Medal #167688, temporary certificate nr. 366666, by Order of the 60th Army nr. 05/N of 17 February 1943

- Order of the Red Star #854680, temporary certificate nr. 068888, by Decree of 3 November 1944

- Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class #248396, temporary certificate nr. G-152773, by Order of the 60th Army nr. 0225/N of 6 November 1944

- Victory over Germany Medal, unnumbered, certificate nr. B-0187023, by Decree of 9 May 1945

- Order of the Red Banner #305709, by Order of 6 November 1947

- Order of Lenin #203711, by Decree of 20 April 1953

- Medal for 30 Years of Soviet Army and Fleet

Signature of the awardee: [signature]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee: Chief of the 3rd section of the personnel department of the Kuban Military District

Major of Administrative Service [signature] /[?]larov/

17 January 1946

[Ferdinand]

Award sheet:

[Ferdinand]

Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Verzhbilovskaya, Aleksandra Georgiyevna

2. Military rank: Captain of Administrative Service

3. Duty position, unit: Secretary of the military procurator's office of the 60th Army

Recommended for: Order of the Red Star

4. Year of birth: 1903

5. Nationality: Russian

6. Party membership: Not a party member

7. Participation in the Civil War, the following combat actions for the defense of the USSR, and the Patriotic War (where, when): Didn't participate in the Civil War. Participates in the Patriotic War since June 1941

8. Suffered wounds or contusions during the Patriotic War: No

9. Since when in the Red Army: Since February 1923

10. Drafted by which military commissariat of a raion: Voluntarily

11. Which earlier awards (for which merits): Combat Merits Medal

12. Permanent home address of the recommendee and the address of his family: City of Kuibyshev, 9 Krasnoarmeiskaya Street, apartment nr. 1

Short, concrete description of personal combat feat or merits:

Comrade Verzhbilovskaya is working in the military procurator's office since December 1922. In February 1923 she became part of the higher cadre of the Red Army and was part of this until October 1926. Because the military procurator's office of the Volga Military District was downsized in October 1926, she became a freelancer, while she stayed with the same procurator's office. In April 1931 she once again became part of the higher cadre of the Red Army and since then she is uninterruptedly part of the higher cadre. Her entire period of service in the Red Army is 17 years and 3 months.

Since October 1942 comrade Verzhbilovskaya is working as secretary of the military procurator's office of the 60th Army. She serves with military procurator's offices in the Active Army since 1941.

As secretary of the military procurator's office of the 21st Army, comrade Verzhbilovskaya, together with the apparatus of the procurator's office, got encircled by the enemy, where se behaved herself honestly and courageously - she destroyed the secret files, took the seals and stamps of the procurator's office with her and after 21 days with a weapon and in military uniform got out of the encirclement.

Comrade Verzhbilovskaya works exceptionally honestly and capably, takes initiatives and completely guarantees all technical affairs of the procurator's office. Completely devoted to her work, comrade Verzhbilovskaya doesn't pay attention to the time, now and then forgetting basic personal interests. For her highly honest work she has been awarded the Combat Merits Medal.

She is dedicated to the cause of the Party of Lenin and Stalin. The current duty position absolutely suits her.

For seventeen years and three months of service with the higher cadre of the Red Army - as the situation is in November - comrade Verzhbilovskaya completely deserves the Order of the Red Star.

military procurator of the 60th Army

Colonel of Judiciary [signature] /Fefelov/

31 July 1944

Comrade Verzhbilovskaya deserves the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 60th Army

Colonel General [signature] /Kurochkin/

Member of the military counsil of the 60th Army

Major General [signature] /Olenin/

5 August 1944

Edited July 31, 2010 by Ferdinand

[Wild Card]

When you read all of this (especially her award citation) it is hard to believe that she was not a party member.

[Ferdinand]

Unfortunately there was no service record for her.

I also have the citations for the MMM and OPW2, but they are pretty much the same as the one above. They all mention that she escaped out of an encirclement and is an accurate and honest worker.