Arveladze, Shota Il'ich, Senior Sergeant, Signalman, Northern Caucasus Front

[Bill Garvy]

[SIZE="3"]The receipt of the Award Card (thanks, Auke!) finally resolves the mystery of the missing digit for the Bravery Medal in the Order Book. It is Bravery Medal, #216557.

Record card

Order booklet nr. 932446

1. Last name: Arveladze
2. First name and patronymic: Shota Ilyich
3. Military rank: Senior Sergeant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1923
6. Place of birth: Village of Mtisdziri, Vani Raion, Georgian SSR
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1943
8. Education: Higher
9. Nationality: Georgian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From 1942 through 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Assistant signal platoon leader in the 1367th Rifle Regiment, 414th Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Student at Kutaisi State Pedagogical Institute
13. Home address of the awardee: Village of Mtisdziri, Vani Raion, Georgian SSR

14. Record of all awards received:

Names of the orders and medals/ Their numbers/ Numbers of the documents/ Ground of award

Medal for Courage
(According to the temporary award certificate stub nr. 216557) 21657 576229 Order of the 1367th Rifle Regiment nr. 02/N of March 30, 1943

Order of the Red Star 289226 1231741 Order of the 414th Rifle Division nr. 16/N of October 1st, 1943

Order of the Red Star 595657 095612 Order of the 414th Rifle Division nr. 033/N of November 13th, 1944

Medal for Combat Merit Unnumbered Order of the 1367th Rifle Regiment nr. 91/N of January 11th, 1943

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Temporary military commissar of the Vani Raion
Captain [signed] /Lezhava/
August 13, 1947

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