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[Kirchgoens]

I picked up a pair of documents for Victory over Germany and the Liberation of Prague medals for a private in the 21st Guards Tank Brigade.

Could anyone please tell me what the regimental abbreviation stands for as it is the longest I have come across.

Thanks,

Simon

I cheated on this one a bit in that I didn't fully read it, but instead looked up the 21st Guards Tank Brigade in an OOB to see what was in it. Since this is also the 21st Guards "something", it looks like this was probably the 21st Guards Motorized Rifle Battalion. I know it seems to say "regiment" on the doc, but that brigade appears to have consisted of two subordinate tank battalions and the named MRB. I'll keep looking though.

Edit to add info:

According to my OOB reference, the 21st Guards Tank Brigade had the following title: "Zhitomir, Vienna, twice awarded Order of the Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov".

Another edit a while after the last one:

Another close look at the posted image, and it's becoming clearer. In cyrillic, I think I'm seeing the letters that actually create what I wrote above in that long-ass honorific title:

Upper image: Commander of "21 Гв МЖВДКОСК полка"
Lower image: Commander of "21 Гв М. Ж. В. д К. о С К полка"

In short, "Commander of the 21st Gds Motorized Zhitomir, Vienna, twice awarded Order of the Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov Regiment [battalion]"

Other than the "regiment" note where I think it should be "battalion", it all seems to match up to the long title from the OOB.