Hi'all!
Auke did a great job researching my OPW2 and I'm thankfull for that! I would like to share the results with you and I have two questions: the end the description says that the recipient deserved the ORS and was awarded the OPW... What does that mean? my second question: why was some text blackened?
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Record card
Order booklet nr. B-320884
1. Last name: Malov
2. First name and patronymic: Nikolai Semyonovich
3. Military rank: Master Sergeant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1917
6. Place of birth: Village of Yefremostepanovka, Tarasovsky Raion, Rostov Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1944
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From May 1939 through January 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Senior mechanic-driver in the 150th Independent Tank Battalion, 38th Army, Voronezh Front
12. Current place of service and position: Driver at Factory 515, city of Kamensk, Rostov Oblast
13. Home address of the awardee: 52 M. Gorky Street, city of Kamensk, Rostov Oblast
14. Record of all awards received:
Names of the orders and medals
Their numbers
Numbers of the documents
Ground of award
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class
1993
Temporary certificate nr. 275214
Order of the 38th Army nr. 08/N of February 4, 1943
Signature of the awardee: [signed]
I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):
Military commissar of the Kamensk Raion
Guards Major [signed]
July 19, 1947
Order
[Pencil: 38th Army, Voronezh Front; March 11, 1943]
Secret
Copy nr. 2
Order
Of the 38th Army, Voronezh Front
February 4, 1943 – Nr. 08/N – Active Army
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:
[…]
The Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class to:
[…]
2. Master Sergeant Nikolai Semyonovich Malov, senior mechanic-driver of a KV tank in the 150th Independent Tank Battalion
[…]
Commander of the 38th Army
Lieutenant General [signed] /Chibisov/
Member of the Military Council
Major General [signed] /Voronin/
Chief of the Personnel Section of the 69th Army
Colonel [signed] /Yakimov/
Award sheet
All fields to be filled out fully
Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Malov, Nikolai Semyonovich
2. Rank: Master Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Senior mechanic-driver of a KV tank in the 150th Independent Tank Battalion
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1917
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol since 1939
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): The Finnish Campaign in 1939-1940, The Polish Campaign in 1939, and the Patriotic War since June 22, 1941
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: One severe wound / contusion
9. Since when in the Red Army: 1939
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the city of Kamensk, Rostov Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: ______________
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
Comrade N.S. Malov has been participating in the Patriotic War since June 22, 1941 and showed himself a bold commander, possessing a thorough knowledge of his materiel.
During his time with the 150th Independent Tank Battalion he took part in the fighting for the towns of Novoselskoye and Polyano from January 28 through 30, 1943. By driving his tank skillfully and boldly he contributed to the accomplishment of all assigned missions, as a result of which 10 trucks, 25 wagons, and 1 gun were destroyed and over 80 soldiers and officers were killed.
For boldness and courage displayed in combat he deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 150th Independent Tank Battalion
Senior Lieutenant [signed] /Kozhevnikov/
January 31, 1943
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the Armored and Mechanized Forces of the 38th Army
Lieutenant General of the Tank Forces [signed] /Shtevnev/
January 31, 1943
He is to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.
Commander of the 38th Army
[signed]
Member of the Military Council
[signed]
February 2, 194…
Auke did a great job researching my OPW2 and I'm thankfull for that! I would like to share the results with you and I have two questions: the end the description says that the recipient deserved the ORS and was awarded the OPW... What does that mean? my second question: why was some text blackened?
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Record card
Order booklet nr. B-320884
1. Last name: Malov
2. First name and patronymic: Nikolai Semyonovich
3. Military rank: Master Sergeant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1917
6. Place of birth: Village of Yefremostepanovka, Tarasovsky Raion, Rostov Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1944
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From May 1939 through January 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Senior mechanic-driver in the 150th Independent Tank Battalion, 38th Army, Voronezh Front
12. Current place of service and position: Driver at Factory 515, city of Kamensk, Rostov Oblast
13. Home address of the awardee: 52 M. Gorky Street, city of Kamensk, Rostov Oblast
14. Record of all awards received:
Names of the orders and medals
Their numbers
Numbers of the documents
Ground of award
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class
1993
Temporary certificate nr. 275214
Order of the 38th Army nr. 08/N of February 4, 1943
Signature of the awardee: [signed]
I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):
Military commissar of the Kamensk Raion
Guards Major [signed]
July 19, 1947
Order
[Pencil: 38th Army, Voronezh Front; March 11, 1943]
Secret
Copy nr. 2
Order
Of the 38th Army, Voronezh Front
February 4, 1943 – Nr. 08/N – Active Army
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:
[…]
The Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class to:
[…]
2. Master Sergeant Nikolai Semyonovich Malov, senior mechanic-driver of a KV tank in the 150th Independent Tank Battalion
[…]
Commander of the 38th Army
Lieutenant General [signed] /Chibisov/
Member of the Military Council
Major General [signed] /Voronin/
Chief of the Personnel Section of the 69th Army
Colonel [signed] /Yakimov/
Award sheet
All fields to be filled out fully
Award sheet
1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Malov, Nikolai Semyonovich
2. Rank: Master Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Senior mechanic-driver of a KV tank in the 150th Independent Tank Battalion
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1917
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party affiliation: Member of the Komsomol since 1939
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): The Finnish Campaign in 1939-1940, The Polish Campaign in 1939, and the Patriotic War since June 22, 1941
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: One severe wound / contusion
9. Since when in the Red Army: 1939
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the city of Kamensk, Rostov Oblast
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and the address of his family: ______________
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
Comrade N.S. Malov has been participating in the Patriotic War since June 22, 1941 and showed himself a bold commander, possessing a thorough knowledge of his materiel.
During his time with the 150th Independent Tank Battalion he took part in the fighting for the towns of Novoselskoye and Polyano from January 28 through 30, 1943. By driving his tank skillfully and boldly he contributed to the accomplishment of all assigned missions, as a result of which 10 trucks, 25 wagons, and 1 gun were destroyed and over 80 soldiers and officers were killed.
For boldness and courage displayed in combat he deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 150th Independent Tank Battalion
Senior Lieutenant [signed] /Kozhevnikov/
January 31, 1943
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the Armored and Mechanized Forces of the 38th Army
Lieutenant General of the Tank Forces [signed] /Shtevnev/
January 31, 1943
He is to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class.
Commander of the 38th Army
[signed]
Member of the Military Council
[signed]
February 2, 194…
