For Combat Merits,0024248,Assistant Platoon Commander,890th Artillery Regiment,Tula

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Here is the Medal "For Combat Merits" #24248. The original guidelines for writing the number still present.

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1. Family, Leonov
2. Name And Patronym, Jakov Karpovich
3. Military Rank, Senior Lieutenant
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1915
6. Place Of Birth, Orlov Oblast, Krasnozorskoe Region, Medvezhenskij Rural Area
7. Party Membership, Member VKPb from 1942-07
8. Education, None
9. Nationality, Russian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, 10-1937 - 06-1947
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 890th Artillery Regiment, 330th Rifle Division, 49th Rifle Corps - Head of the Communications Section
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, Stavropol' MVD - Technician of Communications.
13. Home address of awarded, Stavropol' Kraj, Stavropol', Stalin 24 Apartment 16

For Combat Merits #24248 10th Army 0307 20-03-1942
Red Star #347209 10th Army 0539 08-10-1943
Patriotic War 2nd Class #515888 50th Army 0452 26-08-1944
Patriotic War 2nd Class #419985 47th Rifle Corps 061-N 12-04-1945

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Family, Name, Patronym. Leonov, Jakov Karpovich
Rank. Senior Sergeant
Position and unit. Assistant Commander Platoon Of Management 2nd Section, 890th Artillery Regiment, 330th Rifle Division
Presented For Medal "For Combat Distinction".
1. Year of birth. 1915
2. Nationality. Russian
3. From which time in Red Army. From 05-09-1941.
4. Party Membership. Non-Partisan
5. Participation in War /where, when/ Patriotic War and White Finnish.
6. Has been wounded and contused. Not Had.
7. Has received awards (for which distinction) Not had.
8. Which Regional Military Commissariat called. Voroshilov, Ordzhonikidze Kraj

Commander of the detachment of communications Senior Sergeant Leonov is an energetic, resolute Commander. His detachment is considered the best detachment in the section. As a participant in combat with White Finns, he gives all his combat experience to the fighters, raising in them fearlessness, boldness and resourcefulness.
In battle for Mihajlov under his personal leadership and example under enemy mortar and machinegun fire communication was quickly installed with the battery and was uninterrupted for all the time of battle. In dangerous places Comrade Leonov himself personally corrected the cut by shrapnel mine wires and by this provided uninterrupted communications.

Commander of the regiment Major Spikarnyj
Commissar of the regiment Senior Political Leader Stunin
Head of staff Captain Sheremet

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Here is a photograph of the recipient.