Red Star,2733967,Locomotive Machinist,72nd Separate Armoured Train Battalion

[Bill Garvy]

Looks like he wore it "on the rails".

One of those I would never EVER think of "cleaning"!!

Ed, you're right, the scans do not do justice to the beautiful patination.

[Bill Garvy]

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10th Guards Army Armored and Mechanized Forces Order 015/N dated 24th July, 1945

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the following decorations for exemplary accomplishment of the Command’s combat missions in the struggle against the German invaders and for displaying valor and courage:

To recipients of the 72nd Independent Armored Train Battalion
Order of the Red Star

12. Master Sergeant Konstantin Klavdievich Timofeev – Locomotive Machinist

Commander of Armored and Mechanized Forces, 10th Guards Army, Guards Colonel Korobeinikov and Directorate Chief of Staff Guards Colonel Zhukov
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