Red Star,1616396,Squad Leader,47th Army Headquarters Separate Guard Company

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Award Card
Order Booklet B 357872
1. Last name: Lavrishchev
2. Name and patrionymic: Spiridon Ivanovich
3. Rank: Junior Sergeant
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: 1906
6. Birthplace: Kursk Oblast, Arospovskii Region, village of Topki
7. Party membership: yes, since September 1945
8. Education: mid-level
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Time in Red Army: 11.1933-10.1935 and 10.1941-10.1945
11. Place of service at awarding: 47 Army, Independent Guard Company – Squad Leader
12. Place of work at present: Krasnodar, Sewing Factory #12 – Legal Consultant
13. Home address: Krasnodar, Gogol St. #51, Apt. 15
14. Awards:
Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization
Combat Service Medal 1.144.262 47 Army dated 7.3.44
Red Star 1.616.396 47 Army dated 7.7.1945

Verified by (?)rov Regional Military Commissariat official Stepanov on 11 June 1947

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Award Sheet
1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Lavrishchev, Spiridon Ivanovich
2. Rank: Junior Sergeant
3. Duty position: Squad Leader – Army HQ Independent Guard Company
4. Born: 1906
5. Nationality: Russian
6. Party membership: yes
7. Previous combat: Crimean, Northern Caucasus, Steppe, Voronezh, 1 Ukrainian, and 1 Belorussian Fronts
8. Wounds or shell-shock: wounded April 1942
9. Time in Red Army: since October 1941
10. Inducted by: Krasnodar Municipal Military Commissariat
11. Previous awards: Combat Service Medal by the 47 Army dated 7.3.44
12. Home of record: Krasnodar, Gogol St. #51

Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment
He has been in the company since May 1943.
During his service he has proven himself a disciplined, exemplary warrior for which he was promoted to the rank of junior sergeant.
He has been a participant of the Patriotic War since 1941.
He was wounded and also awarded the Combat Service Medal.
While working as a traffic control squad leader, he capably organized his assigned duties. During his entire period controlling traffic, there was not a single vehicular accident.
During the Army’s offensive in winter and spring 1945 he worked in the Army’s observation post where he conducted his assigned responsibilities in an exemplary manner. He is an excellent soldier and politically trained.
He is deserving of the Order of the Red Star.
Signed Commander, Independent Guard Company, Army Field HQ, Captain Ryabinskii on 17 June 1945
Endorsed Deputy Chief of Staff, 47 Army Colonel L. Povalii on 26 June 1945
Awarded the Order of the Red Star by 47 Army Order #0237/N dated 7 July 1945

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Defense of the Caucasus Medal Document
FOR OUR SOVIET MOTHERLAND!
USSR
CERTIFICATE
FOR THE PARTICIPATION IN THE HEROIC DEFENSE OF THE CAUCASUS
CORPORAL SPIRIDON IVANOVICH LAVRISHCHEV IS AWARDED THE MEDAL “FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE CAUCASUS” BY EDICT OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME SOVIET USSR DATED 1sr MAY, 1944.
THE MEDAL “FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE CAUCASUS” WAS BESTOWED 8th APRIL, 1945 ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME SOVIET USSR.
O #032267
Signed Commander, Independent Guard Company, Army Field Administration, Captain Ryabinskii
Stamp reads: “47th Independent Guard Battalion, Army Field Administration”

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Victory over Germany Medal & document. . .

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Order of the Red Star, #1616396. . .

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Combat Service Medal, #1144262. . .

Still waiting for the citation research. . .

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Soldier Booklet was issued 31st May, 1945 to Russian Junior Sergeant Spiridon Ivanovich Lavrishchev, Traffic Control Platoon Squad Leader in the Independent Guard Company.

His personal identification number was 164 and military specialty 40.

Lavrishchev was born in 1906 and had finished tenth grade and worked as a lawyer prior to being inducted October, 1941 by the Krasnodar Municipal Military Commissariat. His home of record is listed as Krasnodar, Gogol St. #51 and his son’s name was Yurii Spiridonovich.

Beginning May, 1943, he served as a private in the Independent Guard Company, Traffic Control Platoon until being promoted to junior sergeant by 47th Army Order #0144 dated 3rd May, 1945. A second notation is largely obliterated the a unit stamp, however is believed to show he was demobilized in September(?) 1945 due to the seniority of his 1906 birth year group.

According to the document he served on the Crimean Front 12.41-5.42, Northern Caucasus Front 5.42-4.43, 1 Ukrainian Front 5.43-11.44, and 1st Belorussian Front 2.44 until the end of the war.

He received a Combat Service Medal on the basis of 47th Army Order 013/N dated 7.3.44, a Red Star as of 7.07.45, and the Victory over Germany Medal.

A notation on the document’s last page mentions he took his oath in December, 1941 and was both signed by him personally and verified by the company commander, Captain Ryabinskii.

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[deValcourt]

That's one heck of a set you have there Bill.:thumbsup It's always good to see someone, with duties that do not often spring to mind when someone thinks about war and heroic deeds, be awarded so well. I especially like the part of the recommendation for the ORS which says that he is well-trained politically - Orwellian, but cool nonetheless.:D

Phillip