Red Star,0062640,Battalion Commander,421st Army Artillery Regiment,Kalinin Front

[Bill Garvy]

Will post the Red Star upon receipt later next week. In the meantime I thought you might enjoy the documentation.

Record card

Order booklet nr. A-206517

1. Last name: Nikiforov
2. First name and patronymic: Pyotr Mikhailovich
3. Military rank: Captain
4. Sex: Male
5. Year of birth: 1918
6. Place of birth: Village of Aleksandrovka, Krasny Kholm Raion, Kalinin Oblast
7. Party membership (since which year): Member of the Communist Party since 1942
8. Education: 7 classes
9. Nationality: Russian
10. Since which year in the Red Army: Since 1935
11. Place of service (name of the unit) and position at the time of the award: Battalion commander in the 241st Artillery Regiment, 39th Army, Kalinin Front
12. Current place of service and position: Chief of the Operational Record Section of District Artillery Depot nr. 3622
13. Home address of the awardee: 4 Berezanskaya Street, city of Nezhin

14. Record of all awards received:

Names of the orders and medals Their numbers Numbers of the documents Ground of award

Order of the Red Star 62640 Temporary certificate nr. 166935 Order of the Kalinin Front nr. 0431 of November 2, 1942

Medal for the Victory over Germany - Permanent certificate nr. Zh-0133177 Decree of May 9, 1945
Medal for Combat Merit 3133728 Decree of April 30, 1947

Signature of the awardee: [signed]

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

Chief of District Artillery Depot nr. 3622
Colonel [signed] /Ostroukhov/
September 29, 1949