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Hero Of The Soviet Union,04832,Commander,350th Rifle Division,South-Eastern Poland
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My new crown jewel, a Gold Star Medal to a WW2 general and divisional commander. :thumbsup

Record card

Order booklet nr. 178234

1. Last name: Vekhin
2. First name and patronymic: Grigory Ivanovich
3. Military rank: Guards Major General
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1901
6. Place of birth: Village of Yerovo, Vyterga Raion, Vologda Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1926
8. Education: Incomplete higher
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since 1919
11. Place of service (name of unit) and duty position at the time of the awarding: Commander of the 350th Zhitomir Red Banner Order of Bogdan Chmelnitsky Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and duty position: Commander of the 350th Zhitomir Red Banner Order of Bogdan Chmelnitsky Rifle Division
13. Home address of the awardee: 62 Bolshaya Sovietskaya Street, city of Ovrug
14: Record of all awards presented:

- Medal for 20 Years of Red Army, Decree of Feb 23, 1938
- Order of the Red Banner #10011, Decree of Feb 2, 1940
- Defense of Leningrad Medal, Decree of Dec 22, 1942
- Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class #8720, Order of the Southwestern Front nr. 0759 of May 28, 1943
- Order of the Red Banner #98247, Order of the 1st Ukrainian Front nr. 09 of Jan 3, 1944
- Order of the Red Banner #122437, Order of the 1st Ukrainian Front nr. 088/N of Jul 29, 1944
- Order of Lenin #13993, Decree of Sep 23, 1944
- Order of the Red Banner #157246, Decree of Nov 3, 1944
- Defense of the Polar Region Medal, Decree of Dec 5, 1944
- Order of Lenin #24224, Decree of Feb 21, 1945
- Order of Suvorov 2nd Class #1695, Decree of Apr 6, 1945
- Victory over Germany Medal, Decree of May 9, 1945
- Order of Lenin #24448, Decree of May 29, 1945
- Gold Star Medal #4832, Decree of May 29, 1945
- Capture of Berlin Medal, Decree of Jun 9, 1945


Signature of the awardee: [signature]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee:

Commander of the 27th Rifle Corps
Guards Lieutenant General [signature] /Cherokmanov/

January 8, 1946


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Hero Of The Soviet Union,04832,Commander,350th Rifle Division,South-Eastern Poland - by Auke - 07-30-2011, 04:42 PM

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