12-18-2014, 09:22 PM
A bit of poking about reveals his wartime exploits.
Awarded a Medal "For Combat Merits" and OPW2'85.
The Medal was a late 1945 proposal for a wound in the first days of the war. Tbilisi was exceptionally slow processing these wound awards (often 2-5 years!)
Red Army Soldier Adamov was seriously wounded defending the Railway station at Hristinovka as a driver of 3rd Platoon, 2nd Rifle Company, 5th Armoured Tank Battalion, 30th Armoured Tank Regiment, 15th Division, 12th Army on 30th July 1941. When he had recovered, although non-partisan became a member of the Destroyer Anti-Tank Battalion of the 8th Moto-Rifle Regiment of the NKVD.
Awarded a Medal "For Combat Merits" and OPW2'85.
The Medal was a late 1945 proposal for a wound in the first days of the war. Tbilisi was exceptionally slow processing these wound awards (often 2-5 years!)
Red Army Soldier Adamov was seriously wounded defending the Railway station at Hristinovka as a driver of 3rd Platoon, 2nd Rifle Company, 5th Armoured Tank Battalion, 30th Armoured Tank Regiment, 15th Division, 12th Army on 30th July 1941. When he had recovered, although non-partisan became a member of the Destroyer Anti-Tank Battalion of the 8th Moto-Rifle Regiment of the NKVD.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
