Patriotic War II,0381664,Tank Turret Crew,14th Guards Tank Brigade,Miechów

[Norm Braddock]

I wouldn't have wanted to piss this guy off. AGOIN!


Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Koncheshvili, Vasilii Egorovich
2. Rank: Guards Master Sergeant
3. Duty position: 2 Tank Battalion – Tank Turret Crew Member, 14 Guards Zhitomir-Shepitov Red Banner Order of Suvorov II Class Tank Brigade, 4 Guards Tank Corps
Recommendation for the Order of the Patriotic War II Class
4. Born: 1916
5. Nationality: Georgian
6. Party membership: candidate member
7. Previous combat: NW, Kalinin, SW, and 1 Ukrainian Fronts
8. Wounds or shell-shock: n/a
9. Previous awards: Bravery Medal on 1 March 1943 by 4 GdsTC, Bravery Medal on 26.3.44 by 4 GdsTC
10. Time in Red Army: since 1939
11. Inducted by: Georgian SSR, Signakhskii Regional Military Commissariat
12. Home of record: Georgian SSR, Siginakhi, Soviet St. #14, Apt. 5
Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
As a member of a reconnaissance group in combat near Mekhuv on 16.1.45, Comrade Koncheshvili was the first to rush the city where, with accurate firing from his tank cannon and machinegun, as well as the crushing action of his tank’s tracks, two enemy self-propelled guns, five machinegun nests, and 40 vehicles were destroyed, as well as two enemy warehouses and a field train were captured. By the next morning, Mekhuv had been liberated.
For exemplary bravery, heroism, and courage displayed in combat Comrade Koncheshvili is deserving of the Order of the Patriotic War II Class.
Signed Brigade Chief of Staff, Guards Colonel Malevich on 8 February 1945
Endorsed Commander, 14 Guards Zhitomir-Shepetov Red Banner Order of Suvorov Tank Brigade, Guards Colonel Skidanov on 10 February 1945
Endorsed Commander, 4 Guards Kantemir Red Banner Tank Corps, Guards General-Lieutenant of Tank Forces Poluboyarov on 22 February 1945




SECRET
4 Guards Kantemir Red Banner Tank Corps Order 04/N dated 22 February 1945
On behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet USSR, I award the Order of the Patriotic War II class to the following individuals for exemplary accomplishment of the Command’s combat missions in the struggle against the German invaders and for displaying valor and bravery:
3. Guards Master Sergeant Vasilii Egorovich Koncheshvili – Turret Crew Member, 2 Tank Battalion, 14 Guards Zhitomir-Shepevov Red Banner Order of Suvorov Tank Brigade
Signed Corps Commander, Guards General-Lieutenant of Tank Forces Polubonrov, and Corps Chief of Staff, Guards General-Major of Tank Forces Nagaibakov
Verified by Corps Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Guards Major Vysochin





Abbreviated Award Cards Summary

Indicates Order of the Patriotic War II Class #381.664 was bestowed to Georgian Guards Master Sergeant Vasilii Egorovich Koncheshvili (b.1916) on 23.3.45 in Order Booklet D-706045 on the basis of Order 04/N of the 4 Guards Tank Corps dated 22.2.45.

[deValcourt]

Gotta love the tank crews!:thumbsup

I've always wondered why seemingly common things like who did the awarding were marked "Secret." I've seen it many times and not just on these types of documents; what looks like harmless information under a secret stamp or typed message. Then again, there's secret and then there's SECRET - if you get my drift.;)

Phillip

[godefroy]

Mekhuv it is in polish Miechów

Miechów - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ther was no major fight against nazi during liberation. Soviets simply attack from other direction, skiping Nazi main defence line.
Greate order Kapuściński.:thumbsup

[CtahhR]

Here is the original citation.