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For Bravery,1321699,88mm Mortarist,1280th Rifle Regiment - MinTaur - 03-06-2008
Hello!
I got a next Bravery medal as a present. It was found in Upper Silesia and its number is 1321699. Can someone find out, when was the medal approximately awarded?
Thanks!
For Bravery,1321699,88mm Mortarist,1280th Rifle Regiment - EricFG - 03-06-2008
June/July '44?
This info comes from Echoes Of War.
For Bravery,1321699,88mm Mortarist,1280th Rifle Regiment - MinTaur - 03-08-2008
Thank you once again.
Maybe someone could be interested. So I send also photos.
For Bravery,1321699,88mm Mortarist,1280th Rifle Regiment - EricFG - 03-08-2008
Very nice!! I love those ground dug medals. :D
For Bravery,1321699,88mm Mortarist,1280th Rifle Regiment - desantnik - 03-09-2008
I have one on file 1.320.xxx awarded by a 2 Belorussian Front unit in summer 44.
For Bravery,1321699,88mm Mortarist,1280th Rifle Regiment - MinTaur - 10-03-2008
MinTaur Wrote:Thank you once again.
Maybe someone could be interested. So I send also photos.
Some days ago I got the informations: Medal (1321699) was awarded to Ivan Zotovich Andrunin (27. 7. 1944):thumbsup
For Bravery,1321699,88mm Mortarist,1280th Rifle Regiment - andrew6767 - 10-03-2008
Are you going to research it further ? Although it costs money and can take months , you can get a copy of his award card and the citation for the act of bravery.
For Bravery,1321699,88mm Mortarist,1280th Rifle Regiment - MinTaur - 10-03-2008
andrew6767: There is the citation too. He was awarded because ...during last battle (20/7/44) of village Mezamatvin he killed five german soldiers in time of three german counterattacks.
He was in a crew of a machine gun.
One my fellow in Russia is trying to find some relatives because he is not written into a register of fallen soldiers.
For Bravery,1321699,88mm Mortarist,1280th Rifle Regiment - desantnik - 10-03-2008
MinTaur Wrote:andrew6767: There is the citation too. He was awarded because ...during last battle (20/7/44) of village Mezamatvin he killed five german soldiers in time of three german counterattacks.
He was in a crew of a machine gun.
One my fellow in Russia is trying to find some relatives because he is not written into a register of fallen soldiers.
What division and/or regiment awarded this medal? Thanks in advance.
I'll venture it's a subordinate unit of the 2 Baltic Front. I have on file a 1.320M awarded by 2 Belorussian Front, but it's near the end of a serial-number run. I also have a 1.324M which belongs to 2 Baltic Front.
For Bravery,1321699,88mm Mortarist,1280th Rifle Regiment - MinTaur - 10-03-2008
desantnik: It was the 1280nd rifle regiment under the 391st rifle division. What interesting is - the medal was found in the area (Upper Silesia near polish-czech border) which was liberated by this division during March 1945. So it's very nice verification that the division (under 1st Ukrainian Front) fought there.