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For Bravery,0117953,Gun Commander,237th Guards Rifle Regiment,Stalingrad - Auke - 02-13-2009
For Norm and all other people interested in Stalingrad awards, here are research results for one of my Stalingrad BMs :thumbsup
This is the medal we discussed here:
http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-military-awards/fake-alert/medals/9227-fake-medals-bravery-11.html#post97226
For Bravery,0117953,Gun Commander,237th Guards Rifle Regiment,Stalingrad - Auke - 02-13-2009
Award Record Card translation:
1. Last name: Ionychev
2. First name and patronymic: Ivan Andreyevich
3. Military rank: Guards Sergeant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1900
6. Place of birth: Chuvash ASSR, Yadrinsky Region, village of Chiganary
7. Party membership: Not a member
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Russian
10. In the Red Army since: July 1919 till July 1922 and August 1942 till September 1945
11. Place of service and duty position at the time of the awarding: 2nd Belorussian Front, 76th Guards Rifle Division, 237th Guards Rifle Regiment, gun commander
12. Current Place of service and duty position: Kolkhoz “Parizhskaya Kommuna” [Paris Commune], Yadrinsky Region, Kolkhoz farmer
13. Home address of awardee: Chuvash ASSR, Yadrinsky Region, village of Chiganary
14. Record of all awards presented:
Bravery Medal # 117953 by order of the 64th Army of 26 October 1942
Order of the Red Star # 2211837 by order of the 76th Guards Rifle Division of 26 October 1942
Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad
Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw
[Signed Ionychev]
Yadrinsky Regional Military Commissar
Captain [signature] /Vakhrameyev/
11 May 1946
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Citation translation:
Ionychev, Ivan Andreyevich
Private
[?] Rifle Company, 633rd Rifle Regiment, 157th Rifle Division
Recommended for the Bravery Medal
Year of birth: 1900
Nationality: Russian
In the Red Army since: 1941
Party membership: Not a member
Participation in combat: Western Front from 20 December 1941 till 20 April 1942; South-Eastern Front since 19 September 1942
Wounds or contusions: No
Earlier awards: No
Which RVK: Yadrinsky RVK [Regional Military Commissariat]
Home address: Chuvash ASSR, Yadrinsky Region, village of Chiganary. Wife: Yevgenia Fyodorovna Ionycheva
Brief description of personal feat or merits:
Comrade Ionychev is in the Active Army since 20 December 1941. In combat with the German fascists on the approaches to Stalingrad, comrade Ionychev showed himself a brave, courageous and steadfast defender of the Socialist Motherland. During the attack of our units on 1 October 1942 near height 143.1, North-West of the village of Beketovka in the Stalingrad District, comrade Ionychev bravely carried ammunition chains and eliminated fascists. On the same date, while being at the command post of the company, he saw at dawn a tip-toeing enemy scout, and not disconcerted he opened fire, as a result of which an officer and three soldiers ended up killed; the rest ran away. In combat on 3 October 1942 in the same area, comrade Ionychev eliminated well-aimed seventeen German soldiers.
Conclusion: for displayed courage and bravery, comrade Ionychev deserves to be awarded the Bravery Medal.
Commander of the 633rd Rifle Regiment
Major /Mochov/ [signature]
Military Commissar of the 633rd Rifle Regiment
Senior Battalion Commissar /Sotnikov/ [signature]
6 October 1942
Is recommended for the Bravery Medal.
Acting commander of the 157th Rifle Division
Colonel /Kirsanov/ [signature]
Military Commissar of the 157th Rifle Division
Regimental Commissar /Gnilusha/ [signature]
10 October 1942
Awarded the Bravery Medal by order of the 64th Army nr. 74 of 26 October 1942
Chief of the 2nd Section of the Personnel Department of the 64th Army
Quartermaster 3rd Rank [signature] /[Su???]/
For Bravery,0117953,Gun Commander,237th Guards Rifle Regiment,Stalingrad - jefflgarrison - 02-14-2009
Including mine, I think that Stalingrad bravery medals are the forerunner to the "Order of Glory". They are worth their weight in gold.
That said, Auke, will you take $100 each for yours? :D
For Bravery,0117953,Gun Commander,237th Guards Rifle Regiment,Stalingrad - Auke - 02-14-2009
Throw in a screwback Lenin and we might have a deal :D
For Bravery,0117953,Gun Commander,237th Guards Rifle Regiment,Stalingrad - CtahhR - 08-13-2015
Unfortunately it does not seem the citation has been digitalised yet. The Red Star has. Also awarded an OPWII'85.
Here's another piece to his Stalingrad story.