Battle of STALINGRAD
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Award Document for Defense of Stalingrad Medal, June 1944 issue to a 24-year-old
female medical nurse. Hand-signed by Tank Corps General, Commander of the
Armored Troops of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. The recipient was also awarded with
a Medal for Combat Service for selflessly helping wounded soldiers during the
Battle of Budapest. VG condition.

Order of the Patriotic War 1st cl., Type 1, Var. 2 (w. stick-pin), #5221, April
1943 issue to a
AAA squadron commander for shooting down 6 and damaging 2 German airplanes, most
of them during the Battle of Stalingrad. His task was mainly
protecting the railways bringing vital supplies to Stalingrad from the north. VF
to EXC condition, very rare for this version of the order. Comes with archival
research.

Medal for Combat Service, Type 1 Var. 3, #138944, Battle of Stalingrad award to a
machine gun squad leader of the 24th Army, Don Front. On 21 January
1943, during the final stage of the battle, he destroyed with the fire of his
machine gun 3 German weapon nests and 23 soldiers while storming a height north of
the Gumrak airfield. The recipient proved to be a real war hero: later during the
Patriotic War, he also earned two Orders of the Red Star and two Orders of Glory -
an extraordinary number of combat decorations for an Infantry NCO! The medal is in
fine to very fine condition and includes original Type 1 suspension (albeit with
reduced screw post). Comes with archival research.