For Combat Merits,0975114,Rifleman,47th Railway Brigade,3rd Department NKGB

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Here is Medal "For Combat Merits" #975114.

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Unfortunately a little bump in the road - citation is in the process of being digitalised.

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Comrade Besedin, as a fighter of the Commandant's Section of the 3rd Department of the NKGB, service for the guard of state criminals carries good faith. In front conditions and during a massive raid of enemy aviation Comrade Besedin risked his life staying at his post, providing guard of state criminals.
13th May 1943 in the town of Kropotkin, during a massive raid of enemy aviation, Comrade Besedin together with the commander of the section, showed courage localising a fire in the detention facility, arising from a dropped incendiary bomb, thereby ensuring the safety of secret documents of the section and the guard of the detainees.

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1. Family, Besedin
2. Name And Patronym, Filipp Petrovich
3. Military Rank, Sergeant
4. Sex, Male
5. Year Of Birth, 1911
6. Place Of Birth, Kazach'e, Prohorov Region, Kursk Oblast
7. Party Membership, Member VKP/b/ since 1943
8. Education, None
9. Nationality, Russian
10. From Which Year In Red Army, From July 1941
11. Which Service And Position At Time Of Award, 47th Railway Brigade, Rifleman 3rd Department NKGB
12. Place Of Service And Position At Current Time, 47th Railway Order "Red Star" Brigade, Rifleman 3rd Department MGB
13. Current address of awarded, Soviet Farm Scherbinov, Dzerzhinskij Region, Stalinsk Oblast

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