Red Star,0105251,Deputy Political Commander,2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

[Bill Garvy]

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Secret
Copy nr. 2

[Pencil: Volkhov Front; March 6, 1943]

Order

Of the Volkhov Front

February 19, 1943 – Nr. 012/N – Active Army

On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, for the exemplary accomplishment of combat missions in the struggle with the German invaders and the valor and bravery displayed in the process, I award:

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The Order of the Red Star to:

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2. Major Ivan Stepanovich Vakurov, Deputy Commander for Political Affairs of the 2nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment

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Commander of the Volkhov Front
Hero of the Soviet Union
Army General [signed] /K. Meretskov/

Members of the Military Council of the Volkhov Front
Lieutenant General [signed] /L. Mekhlis/
Major General of the Quartermaster Service [signed] /Kochetkov/

Chief of staff of the Volkhov Front
Lieutenant General [signed] /Sharokhin/


Verified.

Assistant chief of the 3rd Subsection of the Personnel Section
Quartermaster 3rd Grade [signed] /Romanyuk/
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