Petrzhikovskij/Pietrzykowski, Stefan Petrovich, Civil War, Leningrad, Polish Army

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The same year he was promoted to major - it doesn't say, but probably of the reserve, as 82-year-old active service major seems unlikely. No clue as to when he was promoted to captain.

He was also a ZBoWiD member - as a veteran of the WW2 in the Red Army and Polish Army. Apparently his service during the civil war did not entitle him for veteran's privillages.

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And now the xerox copies of some of the documents he donated:

Stalin's gratitude diplomas for pomeranian towns of Falkenburg, Tempelburg and Dramburg and another one for Warsaw - both with his rank as lieutenant and with bilingual stamps of the 1st Light Artillery Regiment.

Stalin's Gratitude for fights to encircle Berlin and acertificate for his family that he is an active serviceman.

1982 "Defence of Leningrad" medal doc - probably the latest awarding I have seen. Has the stamp of the military attache of the Soviet Embassey in Poland.

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Stalin's Gratitude for towns of Western Pomerania and for Crossing the Oder River and breaking the German defense lines on the west bank.
Rank - already sr. lieutenant.

"For Warsaw" medal temporary ID - signed by the commander of the regiment guards lieutenant colonel Kumpicki.
Stalin's and Żymierski's gratitude forliberation of Praga (right-bank partof Warsaw, not Czech capital) - this one gives his function as uniform supply officer.

1967 permission to accept a foreign award - Order of the Red Star.
Żymierski's gratitude for crossing theOder River.

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Ersatz (typewriter-made) Stalin's gratitude for capture of berlin and temporary Certificate or the "For Oder, Niesse, Baltic Sea" medal - since it has the date of april 1946 and again was signed by Kumpicki, he was probably still in the activeservice then.