A group of 4 docs to an NCO who fought for Warsaw, Pomerania and Berlin.
"For capture of Berlin" medal doc - dated 27.12.1945, signed by the regiment'scommander, Col. Plekhodanov
Here's the CSM:
Order
674th Rifle Regiment of the 150th Rifle Ibritskaya Division of the 1st Belorussian Front.
Nr 02/N
26th February 1945
In the name of the Praesidium of the Highest Councill of the Union of SSR
I award:
Medal “For Courage”:
...
[20.] Commander of the Machinegun crew of the 2nd Rifle Battallion junior sargent Rybalko Grigoriy Matveevich, for the fact that on 15th February 1945 in the región of the town of Yastrov* he boldly pressed forward and with fire from his machinegun he supressed 2 machinegun nests of the Enemy.
1926 Born, not a party member, Ukrainian, called for service in the RKKA by Stalinskiy RVK of Zaporozhye Oblast, home address [obscured], has no wounds and awards.
*Jastrow/Jastrów, currently Jastrowie in Pomerania.
10-28-2015, 07:23 PM (This post was last modified: 10-28-2015, 07:25 PM by Al-muell.)
ORS:
1.Rybalko Grigoriy Matveevich
2. Red army soldier
3. Rifleman of the 674th Rifle Regiment of the 150th Rifle Ibritskaya Order of Kutuzov Division
presented for Order of the Red Star
4. 1926
5. Ukrainian
6. Not a party member
7. On the Fronts of the Pstriotic War since Novmber 1944
8. injured 24.04.1945
9. In the Army since 22.04.1944
10. Stalinskiy RVK, Zaporozhye Oblast
11. Medal „For courage” Order of the 674 rifle rgt. Nr 02/N of 24th February 1945
Comrade Rybalko [-] Participant of all the fights in advance to Berlin and in Berlin itself carried by the regiment since 16.04.1945 until his contusion. In the fight of 16.04.4- 45 during the breaking of the enemy’s defense inthe región of Gross Neuendorf he was the first to lea pinto attack and first to reach the enemy’s trench. In the trench fighting he killed with granade fire [with hand granade] the crew of German large caliber machinegun and knowing perfectly the trophy weaponary he opened a hurricane-like fire to the retreating German soldiers. In the fight of 24.04.1945 he took the position of a squad leader who was out of formation and leading the squad in attack he was heavily injured.
He deserves the state award – Order of the Red Star
13.06.1945
Commander of the 674 rfl. Regiment /-/ (Plekhodanov)
Signed by the same officer that signed his Berlin medal doc.
The rank is probably a mistake - nothing indicates a downgrade.
