Red Star,0056040,Attending Physician,478th Medical Battalion,Transcaucasus Front

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Record card

Order booklet nr. A-086360

1. Last name: Pirtskhalaishvili
2. First name and patronymic: Serapion Arsenyevich
3. Military rank: Major of the Medical Service
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1909
6. Place of birth: Village of Shukhuty, Lanchkhuti Raion, Georgian SSR
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1940
8. Education: Higher
9. Nationality: Georgian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since July 1941
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Chief physician of a training battalion in the 394th Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Chief physician of the 3rd Independent Airfield Engineer Battalion
13. Home address of the awardee: Village of Shukhuty, city of Lanchkhuti, Georgian SSR

14. Record of all awards received:

Names of the orders and medals Their numbers Numbers of the documents Ground of award
Order of the Red Star 56040 Temporary certificate nr. 146506 Order of the Transcaucasian Front nr. 08/N of September 9, 1942
Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus Permanent certificate nr. I-027037 Decree of May 1, 1944
Medal for the Victory over Germany Permanent certificate nr. Zh-57283 Decree of May 9, 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Commander of the 3rd Independent Airfield Engineer Battalion
Major [signed] /Zubovsky/
September 22, 1946[/SIZE]

[Bill Garvy]

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Award sheet

Last name, first name and patronymic: Pirtskhalaishvili, Serapion Arsenyevich
Military rank: Military Physician 3rd Grade
Position and unit: Attending physician in the 478th Independent Medical Battalion
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1909
2. Nationality: Georgian
3. Since when in the Red Army: July 1941
4. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party
5. Participation in combat (where and when): Has been participating in the Patriotic War (on the Kyatskhorsk axis) since August 20, 1942
6. Wounds and contusions received: No
7. Awards received previously (for which merits): None
8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Joint Military Commissariat of the Batumi Raion
9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Situated directly at the forward positions under enemy fire, he rendered first aid to the wounded and organized the evacuation of the wounded to the rear in difficult mountainous conditions.

Commander of the 478th Independent Medical Battalion
Military Physician 3rd Grade [signed] /Glonti/

Military commissar of the 478th Independent Medical Battalion
Political Officer [signed] /Mikhailov/

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 394th Rifle Division
Colonel [signed] /Belekhov/

Military commissar of the 394th Rifle Division
Senior Battalion Commissar [signed] /Syachin/
September 1, 1942

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 46th Army
Major General of the Artillery [signed] /Leselidze/

Members of the Military Council
/Bakradze/
Brigade Commissar [signed] /Yemelyanov/
September 1, 1942

By Order of the Transcaucasian Front nr. 08/N of September 9, 1942 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Assistant chief of the 2nd Section
Quartermaster-Technician 1st Grade [signed] /Balashov/

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[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]Military Physician 3rd Grade (Major) Serapion Arsenyevich Pirtskhalaishvili's Order of the Red Star, #56040. . .

Note the crude repair of the enamel on the 7 o'clock arm. . .[/SIZE]