Red Star,1365403,Clerk,1081st Artillery Regiment

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Not sure how much interest there may be but, for a change, research has produced something (thanks Auke!!). But just one piece of a badly broken group. :(

Reserve Master Sergeant Mikhail Aronovich Veide, Clerk with the staff of the 1081st Artillery Regiment, 191st Rifle Division

The record card

Record card

Record card

Order booklet nr. A-424840

1. Last name: Veide
2. First name and patronymic: Mikhail Aronovich
3. Military rank: Reserve Master Sergeant
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1905
6. Place of birth: City of Leningrad
7. Party membership (since which year): Not a member
8. Education: Higher
9. Nationality: Jewish
10. Since which year in the Red Army: From June 1941 through September 1945
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Clerk with the staff of the 1081st Artillery Regiment, 191st Rifle Division
12. Current place of service and position: Chief of the Section for Major Construction Projects of Scientific Research Institute nr. 13
13. Home address of the awardee: 30 Gagarinskaya Street, apartment 7, Leningrad

14. Record of all awards received:

Names of the orders and medals Their numbers Numbers of the documents Ground of award
Medal for Combat Merit 211759 Temporary certificate nr. 650803 Order of the 1081st Artillery Regiment, 191st Rifle Division nr. 3/N of February 23, 1943
Medal for Courage 1994040 Temporary certificate nr. D-484090 Order of the 1081st Artillery Regiment, 191st Rifle Division nr. 024/N of October 5, 1944
Order of the Red Star 1365403 Temporary certificate nr. Ye-616461 Order of the 191st Rifle Division nr. 017/N of April 3, 1945
Medal for the Defense of Leningrad Permanent certificate nr. L-35543 Decree of December 22, 1942
Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 Permanent certificate nr. V-0044493 Decree of May 9, 1945

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

I confirm the correctness of the data and the signature of the awardee (position and signature):

Military commissar of the Dzerzhinsky Raion
Major [signed]
October 28, 1946

and recommendation

Award sheet

Award sheet

1. Last name, first name and patronymic: Veide, Mikhail Aronovich
2. Rank: Master Sergeant
3. Position and unit: Clerk in the 1081st Riga Artillery Regiment, 191st Novgorod Red Banner Rifle Division
Nominated for: Order of the Red Star
4. Year of birth: 1906
5. Nationality: Jewish
6. Party affiliation: Not a member
7. Participation in the Civil War, the subsequent combat actions to defend the USSR and the Patriotic War (where and when): Since June 23, 1941
8. Wounds and contusions received during the Patriotic War: No
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since June 22, 1941
10. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Dzerzhinsky Raion, city of Leningrad
11. Awards received previously (for which merits): Medal for Combat Merit in February 1943, Medal for Courage in September 1944, Medal for the Defense of Leningrad
12. Permanent home address of the prospective awardee and his family: ______________

Short, concrete description of his combat feat or merits:

Throughout the offensive operations during the liberation of the cities of Chersk, Berent and Karthaus between February 14 and March 26, 1945 and during the latest fighting for the liberation the city of Zoppot and the town of Oliva he submitted essential information to the regimental command in an efficient and timely manner, disregarding the difficulties of working in a combat environment. He provided the regimental staff with operational documentation and an excellent record of all men and materiel. He forwarded his information and records to the superior staffs in a timely manner.

During the liberation of the city of Zoppot he promptly prepared combat documentation, without any sleep or rest for 48 hours.

For carrying out his duties in an excellent manner and for his conscientious attitude toward the tasks assigned to him he deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of staff of the 1081st Riga Artillery Regiment
Guards Major [signed] /Sheinov/
March 27, 1945

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 1081st Riga Artillery Regiment
Major [signed] /Morozov/
March 27, 1945

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Commander of the 191st Novgorod Red Banner Rifle Division
Colonel [signed] /Shepel/
April 2, 1945

By Order of the 191st Novgorod Red Banner Rifle Division nr. 017/N of April 3, 1945 awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of the Personnel Section of the 191st Novgorod Red Banner Rifle Division
Major [signed] /Chechik/
April 3, 1945