Campaign medal documents

[Marcel Banziger]

Thank you very much Bill for filling in the blancs and the corrections!

[Egorka]

Colonel Shitikov (?)

Yes, SHITIKOV PETR ALEKSANDROVICH (1907- 1965).

[Marcel Banziger]

Hereby I present my latest little grouping, the documents awarded to Guards Senior Lieutnant Evgeny Aleksjevich Svetovenko, from the 79th Guards Infantry Division.

Document for the Capture of Berlin, dated May 6 1946, signed by the commander of the 79th Guards Infantry Division Major-General Bagin??, serial B # 158333

Document for the Victory over Germany, dated May 6 1946, signed by the commander of the 79th Guards Infantry Division Major-General Bagin??, serial Sh # 134329

Document for the Liberation of Warsaw, dated May 6 1946, signed by the commander of the 79th Guards Infantry Division Major-General Bagin??, serial A # 290566

Order booklet # 441760 dated July 4 1946, showing a nice photograph of Evgeny Svetovenko wearing his three campaign medals plus his awards;
- Order of the Red Star # 528597
- Order of Patriotic War 2nd class # 506648

I am not certain about the name of the General-Major so corrections are welcome. The same goes for any other mistakes. Still learning to decipher the language.

[Marcel Banziger]

Found out that the documents are signed by Hero of the Soviet Union Major-general Leonid Ivanovich Vagin (Леонид Иванович Вагин), commanding officer of the 79th Guards Rifle Division.

[Egorka]

That is a nice set of documents, Marcel! Well done!

[Marcel Banziger]

Thanks a lot Igor! Much appreciated!

[Bill Garvy]

Document for the Medal Victory over Germany (red hard-covered variation) awarded to Guards Captain & Hero of the Soviet Union (#2533) Ivan Ivanovich Vedmedenko, dated June 17th, 1945 by the Commander of the 11th Red Banner Order of Kutuzov & Bogdan Khmelnitsky Artillery Division, Major-General (Artillery) Andrei Davidovich Popovich, Serial #00024406


Document for the Medal Defense of Stalingrad awarded to Senior Lieutenant & Hero of the Soviet Union (#2533) Ivan Ivanovich Vedmedenko dated July 2nd, 1943 by the Commander of the 18th Guards Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade, Guards Colonel Koroteev, Serial #B30355


Document for the Medal Capture of Budapest awarded to Guards Captain & Hero of the Soviet Union (#2533) Ivan Ivanovich Vedmedenko dated October 21st, 1945 by the Commander of the 18th Guards Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade, Guards Lieutenant-Colonel Zagoruiko, Serial #A017128

[Marcel Banziger]

Excellent grouping!!

Still need to find such a hardcover award booklet myself. Quite hard to find I have to admit.....unless I look at the wrong places haha

[Marcel Banziger]

My latest document is a rather uncommon I guess since it is for a Mobile Tank Repair Unit. I am not 100% certain if I translated the names from both awardee and commander as well as the unit correctly. So any necessary corrections are welcome!!

Document for the Victory over Germany, awarded to Senior Technical Lieutenant Aleksey Andreevich Rassukanny (?), dated Oktober 19 1945, signed by the commander of the 7th Mobile Tank Repair Unit factory Major Putinkov (?), serial B # 00099578

[Auke]

Excellent! Rank, recipient and unit are exactly as you transcribed them. The Major's name is Putintsev.