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Red Star,2733967,Locomotive Machinist,72nd Separate Armoured Train Battalion - Bill Garvy - 10-05-2012
medals73 Wrote: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.
Red Star,2733967,Locomotive Machinist,72nd Separate Armoured Train Battalion - Bill Garvy - 01-01-2013
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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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