Medal "For The Defence Of Moscow".

[Bundtrock]

Just ordered this Defense of Moscow Medal today!

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Document for the Medal for the Defense of Moscow awarded to Major Alexander Karpovich Bolbas, Hero of the Soviet Union, issued on September 10th, 1944, Serial #S016207.

Document for the Medal Defense of Moscow awarded to Senior Lieutenant Yuri Nikolayevich Krinitskiy, Commander 3rd Rifle Squad, 147th Guards Rifle Regiment, dated January 15th, 1945 by the Commander of the 49th Guards “Kherson” Order of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov Rifle Division, Major-General & Hero of the Soviet Union (#3414), Vasiliy Filippovich Margelov, Serial #Ch021890.[/SIZE]

[Auke]

Here's a document issued in 1977 - no longer the flimsly wartime variation, but made of the same cardboard as the documents for all other campaign medals established after 1942. Issued to an inhabitant of the Tulchin Raion, Vinnitsa Oblast.

[Bill Garvy]

Another couple of examples of the later, stiffer cardboard, Defense of Moscow Medal documents The first issued to Petr Efimovich Volokovykh, July 9th, 1969, Serial #B010409, and the second to Victor Rodionovich Strelchenko, August 15th, 1989, Serial #B028994.

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Documents group of Major Petr Denilovich Fedorenko

Document for the Medal Defense of Moscow issued to Petr Denilovich Fedorenko dated September 28th, 1971, by the Kirov Regional Military Commissariat, Serial #B023158

Document dated June 15th, 1943 prescribing Comrade Major Fedorenko and seven others of Reserve Command, Western Front, be given passage, departing June 16th, 1943, arriving June 17th, 1943, signed by a Lieutenant-General Psurpev, Military Communications, the reverse listing the roster of Staff Officers, signed by the Chief of Military Operations, Western Front, Major Chernyshev.
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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Document for the Medal Defense of Moscow issued to Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Grigor’vich Belayev on July 5th, 1944 by the Executive Committee of the Moscow Council of People’s Deputies, Serial #A000571.

Document for the Medal Defense of Moscow issued to Guards Senior Lieutenant (Medical Service) Anton Iosifovich Vigovskiy dated January 12th, 1945 by the Commander of the 49th Guards Order of the Red Banner, Order of Suvorov "Kherson" Rifle Division, Guards Major-General and Hero of the Soviet Union (#3414), Vasily Filippovich Margelov, Serial #Ch021724.

Document for the Medal Defense of Moscow issued to Anna Vladimirovna Galkina dated September 1st, 1944 by the Chairman and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Moscow City Council of People’s Deputies, Serial #G007087.[/SIZE]

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Document for the Medal Defense of Moscow issued to Aleksei Ivanovich Pokatayev dated December 16th, 1946 by the Timiryazevka Regional Military Commissariat, Serial #F049869.

Archival Document dated October 29th, 1945 for the Medal Defense of Moscow awarded May 1st, 1944 to Private Aleksei Ivanovich Pokatayev, Telephonist, 79th Regular (?) Guards Communications Company, 53rd Guards Order of the Red Banner Division, by the Commander of the 91st Guards Rifle Division, Guards Major-General Kozhanov.
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[CtahhR]

79th Separate Guards Company Of Communications.

[dalcaissian]

Hello everyone,
I have a question about this Defense of Moscow document. The document looks okay to me, but I'm curious about the typed entries.
Is this okay?

[CtahhR]

Perfectly fine. Awarded to Major Stepan Stepanovich Simonenko 405th Rifle Regiment, 194th Rifle Division. Awarded by the Head Political Department Of The RKKA. The document just misses the 9 from 9th October 1944.

Also awarded a Red Star and Medal "For Bravery".