Soviet Order of the Red Star-Navy-1649996

[Rogi]

Here is the latest one, this is the one I picked up at the Militaria show ran the research through Auke and voila

Excerpt from award issue records

What do you guys think ? Amazingly it falls into the Leningrad/Finish craziness I have over

1649996 – Ivan Aleksandrovich Vesyolov – Red Banner Baltic Fleet – August 6, 1945

　

Record card

Record card

1. Last name: Vesyolov

2. First name and patronymic: Ivan Aleksandrovich

3. Military rank: Chief Petty Officer

4. Sex: Male

5. Year of birth: 1918

6. Place of birth: Semyonovskoye Raion, Ivanovo Oblast

7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1942

8. Education: Secondary, unfinished

9. Nationality: Russian

10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since 1938

11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position occupied at the time of the award: Steering system first sergeant with the 15^{th Minesweeping Cutter Squadron, Liepāja Naval Base}

12. Current place of service and position: Flag chemist[?] with the Waterside Security Unit of the Liepāja Naval Base

13. Home address of the awardee: Brivzimnieka Street, apartment 8, city of Liepāja (I've obscured the address a bit )

14. Record of all awards received:

^{Name of the order or medal}

^{Serial number}

^{Number of the document}

^{Ground of award}

Medal for Combat Merit

850027

Temporary certificate nr.

Order of the Waterside Security Unit of the Kronstadt Naval Defense District nr. 2 of February 23, 1944

Order of the Red Star

1649966

Temporary certificate nr.

Order of the Tallinn Naval Defense District nr. 5 of November 5, 1944

Medal of Ushakov

7621

Temporary certificate nr.

Order of the Southwestern[?] Naval Defense District of the Baltic Fleet nr. 27 of July 21, 1945

Medal for Combat Merit

Unnumbered

Decree of June 20, 1949

Order of the Red Star

3125940

Decree of November 3, 1953

Medal for the Defense of Leningrad

Medal for the Victory over Germany



^{Signature of the awardee: [signed]}

^{I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):}

^{Chief of staff of the Waterside Security Unit of the Liepāja Naval Base}

^{Captain Lieutenant [signed]}

^{January 16, 1947}





^{Award sheet}

^{Award sheet}

^{[Pencil note: By Order of the Tallinn Naval Defense District nr. 5 of November 5, 1944 awarded the Order of the Red Star]}

^{For: Chief Petty Officer Ivan Aleksandrovich Vesyolov, captain of KM-339, 15th Minesweeping Cutter Squadron}

^{1. Year of birth: 1918}

^{2. Nationality: Russian}

^{3. Social position: Worker}

^{5. Since when in the Red Army or Navy: 1938}

^{6. Participation in the Civil War: No}

^{7. Wounds and contusions: No}

^{8. Earlier nominations for awards, when and for what: No}

^{9. Which commendations and awards received and for what: Medal for the Defense of Leningrad and Medal for Combat Merit}

^{10. Service in the White Army or other bourgeois armies and time spent in captivity: No}

^{Home address: _______________}

^{Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:}

^{During the minesweeping operations in warship waterway 306-K in the Narva Bay and during the raid on Tallinn his cutter swept 7 anchor mines in the Narva Bay. During the minesweeping missions he skillfully avoided hitting anti-cutter mines in shallow water on two occasions, thus saving his crew and his ship. He took part in putting ashore a landing party on an island in the Gulf of Finland. His cutter did not sustain any damage. During combat operations he acts unflinchingly and bravely.}

^{He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.}

^{Commander of the 15th Minesweeping Cutter Squadron}

^{Captain 3rd Grade [signed] /Zhukov/}

^{October 27, 1944}



^{He deserves the Order of the Red Star.}

^{Commander of the 1st Minesweeper Brigade of the Tallinn Naval Defense District, Red Banner Baltic Fleet}

^{Captain 1st Grade [signed] /Yurkovsky/}

Edited July 25, 2013 by Rogi

[JapanX]

Nice navy RS :beer:

[Guest Rick Research]

I'm 3+ years out of date-- it used to be difficult to get naval research done... compared with army at Podolsk. Now???? I don't know "Auke" or how he gets things done... after my time.

Are you just lucky with random undocumented awards, are do you have any clue before buying that they might be navy?

[Rogi]

Thank you Nick

Rick It was random luck, this is my 1st actual navy award hit , The seller had it also pegged as the wrong serial number but after not getting a hit in the army, usually run it past the other archive I've sent you a pm with some info.

If you check who signed off on his award you can see Captain 3rd grade Zhukov, must of been a popular name hehehe

Edited July 25, 2013 by Rogi

[Paul R]

Igor!! You are so lucky! A naval award, and to an Ushakov winner and CHIEF to boot! I love this order. Congrats.

[Ferdinand]

I'm 3+ years out of date-- it used to be difficult to get naval research done... compared with army at Podolsk. Now???? I don't know "Auke" or how he gets things done... after my time.

Are you just lucky with random undocumented awards, are do you have any clue before buying that they might be navy?

Hi Rick,

Times have changed. Navy research can now be done without any problems and it often takes just a few days. Even prewar military and labor awards can often be researched. I am lucky to have excellent contacts in Podolsk, Gatchina and a few other archives. Documents on partisans, members of the NKVD / MVD / NKGB / KGB / GRU, and post-1941 labor awards are often still classified, however.

Auke

[Guest Rick Research]

DAYS!!!!!

I can remember waiting many MONTHS in the 1990s never knowing IF anything would come back at all!

My researched groups--some that far back so only XEROXED faces--are all in the back pages here around 2007/8. Just when I decided to get 'everything" researched.... prces went SO insane I went back to Imperial German awards...

same lovely enamel quality after all.

[Rogi]

Aukinator has spoke I'm going to be using so many new smileys now lol

Is it possible to estimate where this landing party took place ?

[Ferdinand]

Just when I decided to get 'everything" researched.... prces went SO insane I went back to Imperial German awards...

Well, it's never too late to get everything researched... :)

[Rogi]

Anyway I was doing some research and I found this, Are the KM Boats, KM-4s because the only 332 I found was in the KM-4 class? Here are some pics off the web for KM-4, Again me using translator to the max lol The translation is horrible in spots, I know lol

and random Km-4 picture in action^

Edited July 26, 2013 by Rogi