Glory III,010555,Sniper,7th Rifle Company,1142nd Rifle Regiment,340th Rifle Division

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Here is the Order Of Glory 3rd Class #10555. Someone has gold plated it at some point, but it is fooling no-one.

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1. Family, Missan
2. Name And Patronym, Andre Stepanovich
3. Military Rank, Red Army Soldier
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1914
6. Place Of Birth, Kamenets-Podol'skij Oblast, Slavuta Region, Kolom'e
7. Party Membership, Non-Partisan
8. Education, None
9. Nationality, Ukrainian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, 02-1944 to 09-1945.
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 340th Rifle Division, 1142nd Rifle Regiment - Rifleman
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Kamenets-Podol'skij Oblast, Slavuta Region, Kolom'e - Collective Farmer
13. Home Address Of Awarded, The same

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1. Family, Name And Patronym, Missan, Andrej Stepanovich
2. Rank, Private
3. Position and Unit, Sniper, 7th Rifle Company, 1142nd Rifle Regiment, 340th Rifle Sumy-Kiev Red Banner Division
Presented for Order "Glory 3rd Class".
4. Year Of Birth, 1914
5. Party Membership, Non-Partisan
6. Nationality, Ukrainian
7. Participation In Civil War, Other Military Actions Of Defence Of The USSR And Patriotic War (Where, When), In the Patriotic War from 19-03-1944, 1st Ukrainian Front
8. Had Which Wounds In Patriotic War, Not Had.
9. Since What Time In Red Army, From 01-02-1944.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat Called, Slavuta Regional Military Commissariat, Kamenets-Podol'skij Oblast
11. Received Which Awards, Not awarded.

Comrade Missan - Bold and valorous sniper not knowing fatigue and day or night stubbornly monitored and when comfortable well aimed fire destroyed them.
For 15 days stay on the defence he destroyed 17 Hitlerites.

Worthy of the Governmental Award - Order "Glory 3rd Class"
Commander of the 1142nd Rifle Regiment Colonel Filatov

30-07-1944