Patriotic War II,0596532,Gun Section Commander,1237th Army Cannon-Artillery Regiment

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Here is Patriotic War II #596532. Three replaced arms of enamel and a fiddled with hammer and sickle but research propels it far beyond that.

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1. Family, Jakunichev
2. Name And Patronym, Aleksej Nikolaevich
3. Military Rank, Lieutenant In Reserve
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1923
6. Place Of Birth, Leningrad Oblast, Volosov Region, Podlid'e
7. Party Membership, None
8. Education, Average
9. Nationality, Russian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, From June 1941 to June 1946
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 1237th Army Artillery Regiment Reserve High Command - Commander Of A Gun Platoon
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Leningrad, Machine Tool Institute, Student
13. Current address of awarded, Leningrad, Strike Prospect, House 2 #116

Patriotic War 2nd Class 596532 Prikaz of the Commander Of Artillery, 14th Army #022 of 2nd November 1944

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1. Family, Name, Patronym. Jakunichev, Aleksej Nikolaevich
2. Rank. Lieutenant
3. Position and unit. Commander Of A Gun Section, 1st Battery, 1237th Army Cannon-Artillery Svirsk Regiment, Karelian Front
Presented For Awarding the Order "Patriotic War II Class"
4. Year of birth. 1923
5. Nationality.Russian
6. Party Membership. Non-Partisan
7. Participation in the Civil War, subsequent military activity in defence of the USSR and Patriotic War /where, when/ In Patriotic War from 1942 in Karelian Front
8. Has been wounded, contused in Patriotic War. Not Had.
9. From which time in Red Army. From 1941.
10. Which Regional Military Commissariat called. Petrograd Regional Military Commissariat, Leningrad
11. Has received awards (for which distinction). Not Awarded

7th and 8th October 1944 in the period of breaking German defences in the region of Lesser Karikvajvish' despite heavy artillery fire from enemy firing position, for two days of battle the fire of his platoon suppressed three enemy batteries, destroyed two artillery batteries, two tractors and automobiles, 5 wagons with cargo and up to 100 enemy soldiers and officers.
Accurate fire provided support to rifle units' successful advancement forward.

For the aforementioned combat activity, Lieutenant Jakunichev is worthy of award of the Order "Patriotic War" Second Class.

Commander Of The 1237th Army Cannon-Artillery Svirsk Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Vinogradov
Head Of Staff Of The 1237th Army Cannon-Artillery Svirsk Regiment
Mayor Labutin
19th October 1944


This is just about the most northern ground combat zone during the entirety of the war. The area of combat was right next to the Norwegian border and part of the Red Army's push to Kirkenes, almost at the 70th parallel. Any combat further north was done in the sea or air.

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For those who are not so familiar with the most Northern Front in history - hundreds and thousands of miles north of more famous battles of the war (over 1,500 miles north of Stalingrad for example and 800 miles north of Leningrad).

It will have been cold, dark and exceptionally difficult on logistics.

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A trio of photographs of the recipient.