Red Star,3358014,Inspector,5th Section,Military Commissariat Of The Lithuanian SSR

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Red Star #3358014.

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1. Family, Kozyrev
2. Name And Patronym, Ivan Stepanovich
3. Military Rank, Major
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1919
6. Place Of Birth, Altaj Kraj, Poktev Region, Novo-Mihajlovka
7. Party Membership, Member KPSS from 1951.
8. Education, Average
9. Nationality, Russian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, From 1939
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, Lithuanian SSR, Military Commissariat Of The Lithuanian SSR, Inspector 5th Section
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Lithuanian SSR, Military Commissariat Of The Lithuanian SSR - Inspector 5th Section
13. Current address of awarded, Lithuanian SSR, Vilnus, Antonol Street 124
Red Star 2285293 41st Army 5th February 1943
Patriotic War II 745288 6th November 1947
For Combat Merits 20th June 1949
Red Star 3358014 26th October 1955
For The Defence Of Moscow
For Victory Over Germany
XXX Years Of The Soviet Army And Navy


Unfortunately a long service award (although his other Red Star was a catch-up). He must have done something fairly secret in Lithuania as this record card is from the "special" archive although he wasn't just a desk jockey going by the citation of his first Red Star.

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Here is a picture of the recipient.