Red Star,0050520,Rifleman,171st Rifle Regiment,North-Western Front

[Eryk]

This RS was picked up here in the marketplace a couple of years ago. After a couple of attempts research has finally turned up the documents to go with it. Turns out it was the soldier's only award, received for actions outside the "Demyansk pocket".

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AWARD CARD
Order Booklet B № 931743

1. Last Name Starodubtsev
2. Name and Patronymic Ivan Nikolaevich
3. Military Rank Private
4. Sex Male
5. Year of Birth 1922
6. Place of Birth Kursk Region, Oktyabr’ District, Village D. Rajya
7. Party Membership Member of the VKP(b) (All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)) since 1942
8. Education Elementary
9. Nationality Russian
10. In the Red Army since August 1941 – May 1946
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and duty position at time of awarding time Northwestern Front, № 0903 – Private
12. Place of service and duty position at current time Yaroslavl People's Court, 1st Security Unit – Guard
13. Home address of the awardee City Yaroslavl, Deputate Street, 11 – 8
14. Record of all awards presented:

Name of Orders Medals Serial Number Numbers of Documents Awarder
Order of the "Red Star" 50520 Temp. Cert.108280 Order of the Northwestern Front № 0903 of 28.7.42

Signature of the awardee (signed) I. Starodubtsev
Correctness of the data and signature of awardee attested by
Yaroslavl Commissariat, Chief of the 3rd Department
(signed)
7 December 1946 / ? /