For Combat Merits,0494382,Digger,227th Field Military Construction Works,Steppe Front

[Tommy]

Award Sheet

1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Sadavaev Akish
2. Rank: Private
3. Duty position: Sapper. 122nd Field Military Construction Works

Recommendation for the Order of the Red Star

4. Born: 1911
5. Nationality: Kyrgyz
6. Party membership: Not a member
7. Previous combat: Since June 1941 on the Southwest, Bryansk, Don, Steppe and Belorussian Fronts
8. Wounds or shell-shock: None
9. In Red Army: Lightly wounded in November 1941 on the Southwestern Front
10. Inducted by: Zhibaguzh Region Military Commissariat, Kyrgyz SSR
11. Previous awards: Medal for Combat Service by Decree of the Steppe Front of 18th November 1943 No.039/N
12. Home of record: [trans: entry intentionally obscured]

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment

Comrade Sadavaev whilst working on the construction of the first line of defense in the area of Kladoff-Kenigsberg, demonstrated record levels in work whilst digging trenches, working with his “face mining” method ", he covered thirty to thirty five meters a shift, the normal rate being ten meters.

Comrade Sadavaev selflessly exceeds his allocation in the digging of hiding places for tanks despite the difficult circumstances. Taking a proactive approach in the method of land development, Comrade Sadabaev operates with multiple shovels, depending on ground conditions.

For taking the initiative and in regards to the extremely high performance of his tasks, he is worthy of the government award the “Order of the Red Star".

Commander of the 122nd Military Construction Detachment
Engineer Major / [signed] / Ilin