Kramarenko, Jakov Iosefovich, Sergeant, Mortar Commander, 94th Rifle Regiment

[CtahhR]

9th May 1985 Jubilee Medal "Forty Years Of Victory In The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" and 23rd February 1988 Jubilee Medal "70 Years Of The Armed Forces Of The U.S.S.R." both award by "First Of May" and 26th March 1994 Jubilee Medal "50 Years Of Victory In The Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" award by the Republic Of Ukraine.

[CtahhR]

Finally from the Republic Of Ukraine;
1998 Medal Zhukov
1999 Medal ''Defender Of The Fatherland''
21st May 1999 Badge ''50 Years Of The Liberation Of Ukraine''.

[Bill Garvy]

You were indeed fortunate to obtain this interesting group for your collection inasmuch as I too had my eye on it.

[CtahhR]

There have been (and will be) plenty of groups for all of us. What endears me to this is the fact that is is "complete" (less the award book) but the fact he was a railworker really is a cherry on the cake.

If it had not been a Christmas gift I'm sure someone else would have been posting it. It is high on the list of "to frame" groups. I'll get post a photograph when it does get framed (don't hold your breath).

It really seems like someone high up didn't want anyone in that Oblast getting a Glory III. The wound must have put a real strain on his health if he was in Hospital for 4 months and a week and then pensioned off at age 50. Reassuring that he was still able to serve the state as a signalman. A job that won't have required too much physical strain nor a high level of education.

This group will be going on Public display at a later date.

[Al-muell]

"First Of May"

I wouldn't translate the town's name - I would write Pervomayskoye or Pervomaysk (not sure which it is), Just as I would write Leningrad instead of Lenin's City.

But enough of being a Grumbler - I like this group:thumbsup

[CtahhR]

I was unable to pinpoint just which settlement it was. It doesn't help the quest when it will have been renamed.... There can be quite a challenge when an SSR settlement had an Imperial name, Early Communist name, De-Stalinised name and a Modern name that can be recorded in the original language or Russian.
Great for cartographers that want to sell more maps.

[PaulR]

This is a magnificient grouping!!! I would love to have a Polar grouping myself. Congrats on such an awesome gift.

[CtahhR]

Found him - erroneously listed as Kramorenko.