Not sure how much interest there is in such things (any things?) these days, but here's another group (with thanks to Auke!).
The record card:
Quote:Record card
Order booklet nr. G-631657
1. Last name: Slipchenko
2. First name and patronymic: Grigory Klementyevich
3. Military rank: Midshipman
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1922
6. Place of birth: Village of Drachi, Rzhishchev Raion, Kiev Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1946
8. Education: Elementary
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Soviet Army: From August 1941 through September 1956
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Senior diver with the 406th Independent Salvage and Ship-Raising Squadron, Riga Naval Base
12. Current place of service and position: Senior diver with the Expeditionary Fishing Department, Ministry of Fisheries, Latvian ASSR
13. Home address of the awardee: 19 Merķeļa Street, apartment 16, Riga
14. Record of all awards received:
Names of the orders and medals Their numbers Numbers of the documents Ground of award
Medal for Combat Merit 2627284 Order booklet nr. 631657 Order of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet nr. 051 of February 28, 1946
Medal of Ushakov 14598 Order booklet nr. 631657
Medal for Combat Merit Unnumbered Order booklet nr. 631657 Decree of December 27, 1951
Order of the Red Star 3311820 Order booklet nr. 631657 Decree of September 20, 1955
Order of the Red Star 3513892 Order booklet nr. 631657 Decree of December 30, 1956
Medal for the Defense of Leningrad Unnumbered T-26835
Medal for the Victory over Germany Unnumbered Z-0265817
Medal for 30 Years of Soviet Army and Navy Unnumbered Unnumbered
Signature of the awardee: [signed]
I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):
Military commissar of the Kirov Raion, city of Riga
Colonel [signed] /Smirnov/
April 12, 1957
And another one:
Quote:Record card
Order booklet nr. G-631657
1. Last name: Slipchenko
2. First name and patronymic: Grigory Klimentyevich
3. Military rank: Midshipman
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1922
6. Place of birth: Village of Nikolayevka, Rzhishchev Raion, Kiev Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1946
8. Education: 6 classes of unfinished secondary school
9. Nationality: Ukrainian
10. Since which year in the Soviet Army: Since August 22, 1941
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Head of a team of divers in the 99th Dive Group, 406th Independent Salvage and Ship-Raising Squadron
12. Current place of service and position: Head of a team of divers in the 99th Dive Group, 406th Independent Salvage and Ship-Raising Squadron, Riga Naval Base, 8th Fleet
13. Home address of the awardee: Military unit nr. 09898
14. Record of all awards received:
Names of the orders and medals Their numbers Numbers of the documents Ground of award
Medal of Ushakov 14598 A-173169
Medal for Combat Merit 2627284 A-173169
Order of the Red Star 3311820 Order booklet nr. G-631657 Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of September 20, 1955
Signature of the awardee: [signed]
I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):
Chief of staff of the 406th Independent Salvage and Ship-Raising Squadron
Captain 3rd Grade [signed] /F.V. Kryukov/
October 31, 1955
The Ushakov (note they are talking about as a Medal for Courage!):
Quote:Award sheet
[Stamp: Medal of Ushakov by Order of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet nr. 101 of May 28, 1945]
For (military rank, first name, patronymic, and last name): Seaman Grigory Klementyevich Slipchenkoiver, Diver 3rd Class in the 143rd Underwater Engineering Work Detachment, Salvage Department, Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Name of the award: Medal for Courage
1. Year of birth: October 18, 1918
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Social situation: Worker
4. Party membership and date: Candidate member of the Communist Party since 1944
5. Since when in the Red Army or Navy: Since August 21, 1941
6. Participation in the Civil War: No
7. Wounds and contusions: No
8. Earlier recommendations for awards, when and for what: No
9. Which commendations and awards received and for what: Medal for the Defense of Leningrad
10. Service in the White Army or other bourgeois armies and time spent in captivity: No
11. Permanent address: Village of Kremeno, Maryinka Raion, Stalin Oblast
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
Comrade Slipchenko has been serving in the Navy since the first days of the Patriotic War. During the siege of Leningrad he took part in a number of ship-raising operations under enemy artillery fire, including the raising of the battleship Petropavlovsk, the transport ship Svir, and the gunboat Pioner.
During all assigned duties he displayed selfless and disciplined behavior.
He deserves the Medal for Courage.
Commander of the 143rd Underwater Engineering Work Detachment, Salvage Department
Major of the Engineering Service [signed] /Kazin/
May 17, 1945
He deserves to be awarded the Medal for Courage.
Chief of the Salvage Department of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Captain 1st Grade of the Engineering Service [signed] /Charnetsky/
May ___, 1945
And a photo of what remained of the Petropavlovsk.
[Stamp: Medal for Combat Merit by Order of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet nr. 51 of February 28, 1946]
For (position and name of the unit, formation or institution): Petty Officer Third Class Grigory Klementyevich Slipchenkoiver, Diver 2nd Class in the 143rd Underwater Engineering Work Detachment, Salvage Department, Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Name of the award: Medal of Nakhimov
1. Year of birth: 1922
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Social situation: Worker
4. Party membership and date: Candidate member of the Communist Party since 1944
5. Since when in the Red Army or Navy: Since 1941
6. Participation in the Civil War: No
7. Wounds and contusions: No
8. Earlier recommendations for awards, when and for what: No
9. Which commendations and awards received and for what: Medal for the Victory over Germany and Medal of Ushakov by Order of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet nr. 101 of May 28, 1945
10. Service in the White Army or other bourgeois armies and time spent in captivity: No, no
11. Permanent address: City of Riga
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
Petty Officer Third Class Grigory Klementyevich Slipchenko has been serving with the 143rd Underwater Engineering Work Detachment, Salvage Department, Red Banner Baltic Fleet since January 1945 and as _________ Seaman he worked as the head of a diving station.
For his exemplary duties and leadership of his station he was subsequently promoted to Petty Officer Third Class.
In the course of the year, Slipchenko’s diving station significantly exceeded the plans and tasks set by the command. A disciplined and demanding commander, comrade Slipchenko skillfully organized the duties of his subordinates, and his station has been occupying one of the first places among the detachment’s diving stations.
Together with a few others, his diving station stood the Stakhanov Watch in honor of the elections of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, and significantly exceeded the tasks set by the command.
Comrade Slipchenko deserves the Medal of Nakhimov.
Commander of the 143rd Underwater Engineering Work Detachment, Salvage Department, Red Banner Baltic Fleet
Major of the Engineering Service [signed] /Kazin/
February 12, 1946
08-31-2012, 01:32 PM (This post was last modified: 08-31-2012, 01:39 PM by medals73.)
Order of the Red Star:
Quote:Award sheet
[Stamp: Order of the Red Star]
[Stamp: Order of the Red Star]
[Stamp: Navy]
For (position, name of the unit, formation or institution; military rank; and last name, first name and patronymic): Midshipman Grigory Klimentyevich Slipchenko, head of a team of divers in the 99th Dive Group, 406th Independent Salvage Squadron, Riga Naval Base, 8th Fleet
Name of the award: Order of the Red Star
1. Year of birth: 1922, village of Drachi, Rzhishchev Raion, Kiev Oblast
2. Nationality: Ukrainian
3. Party affiliation: Member of the Communist Party since 1946
4. Party penalties received (imposed by whom and for what): No
5. Since when in the Red Army or Navy: Since August 28, 1941
6. Participation in the Civil War and the subsequent combat actions for the defense of the USSR (where and when): Participated in the Great Patriotic War from June 7, 1942 through May 9, 1945 with the Salvage Department of the Baltic Fleet
7. Wounds and contusions (how many, degree, when): No
8. Earlier recommendations for awards, when and for what: For participating in salvage operations of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet he was awarded the Medal of Ushakov in 1945, and for participating in underwater engineering work to repair the port of Riga in 1946 he was awarded the Medal for Combat Merit
9. Awarded which orders and medals and when (day, month and year):
a) For combat actions: Medal of Ushakov in 1945 and Medal for Combat Merit in 1946
b) For long service: Medal for Combat Merit in 1951
10. Service in the White Army or other bourgeois armies and time spent in captivity: No
11. Permanent home address: Military unit nr. 09898, city of Riga, Latvian SSR
Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:
During his time serving in the Navy, starting in 1941, Midshipman Grigory Klimentyevich Slipchenko has proven himself to be disciplined and dutiful. He has mastered his specialty of diving excellently and possesses a lot of experience in raising ships and underwater engineering work, which he accumulated during the Patriotic War and during the years after the war. He took part in the operations to raise the gunboats Krasnoye znamya and Pioner. For carrying out his tasks in an excellent manner he has been awarded the Medal of Ushakov and the Medal for Combat Merit and has received 47 commendations.
From 1950 up to the present time, Midshipman Slipchenko has been continuously leading the search for and the recovery of mines in the harbors of the Riga Naval Base and the nearby rivers. For five years searching for mines, Midshipman Slipchenko disregarded the danger and personally inspected the mines that were discovered in the water and led their recovery and disarmament. With his direct assistance over 30 mines were raised, including more than 20 RMH mines. In 1954 Midshipman Slipchenko under water inspected 3 RMH mines with non-contact fuses, which had been found near harbor entrance breakwaters in the mouth of the Western Dvina River and in the immediate proximity of Riga Trade Port, and led the disarmament and recovery of these mines.
He is modest, dutiful and persistent in carrying out his duties. Midshipman Slipchenko always serves as an example of selfless service to the motherland.
For carrying out his tasks in the search for German mines and clearing the waters of Riga Naval Base in an excellent manner, G.K. Slipchenko deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Commander of the 406th Independent Salvage Squadron, Riga Naval Base, 8th Fleet
Captain 2nd Grade [signed] /Viktor Mikhailovich Sevastyanov/
April 27, 1955
By Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 20, 1955 awarded the Order of the Red Star.
The other Red Star and CSM are long service awards.
Tommy Wrote:Is it a knock down or a push up from Nakhimov Meal to CSM?
There were far less Nakhimov medals awarded weren't there? But it was worn AFTER the CSM in the order of precedence wasn't it?
Neither a knock down, nor a push up; the Nakhimov Medal was the Navy equivalent of the MCM, but as you say it was worn immediately after the MCM in the order of precedence.
Tommy Wrote:Is it a knock down or a push up from Nakhimov Meal to CSM?
There were far less Nakhimov medals awarded weren't there? But it was worn AFTER the CSM in the order of precedence wasn't it?
This may not have anything to do with anything, but i'm curious.
Tom
There seems to have been a good bit of confusion in his case between properly "naval" awards and the parallel "army (and air force)" awards. His Ushakov was originally recommended as a Medal of Bravery, while the Nakhimov (which would have made for an even more delightful group!) got morphed into it's army "brother", the CSM. There seems to have been a good bit of confusion and sloppiness between the navy/army awards, between the Ushakov/Gallantry and Nakimov/Combat Service medals.
I'd like to hear the thoughts of others on this issue. Maybe I just want to see more system and more rationality than has ever existed in any nation's "system" of honors.
