Medaille Für Verdienste im Kampf

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #52296

Awarded to Private Mulloyan Sadykov for exceeding his working quotas for lumber stocking by 300-350% and for road construction by 300-380% despite his elderly age and sustained wound

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #80447

Awarded to NKVD sniper Sergeant Pavel Markiyanovich Gladkij for advancing to the forward line to the sector in immediate vicinity to enemy firing positions and eliminating 10 German occupants by his precise sniper fire in the process

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #129264

Awarded to Captain agitator Alexander Iosifovich Gershon for boosting morale through meetings and discussions as an agitator. Regularly on the frontlines, he effectively executes assignments, supports political officers, and remains steadfast in challenging combat conditions

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #149467

Awarded to woman and Private Ekaterina Ivanovna Medvedeva for caring to wounded solders and officers under the harshest of circumstances. She was part of the relieving forces of the Leningrad blockade

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #153490

Awarded to Major Evgeny Appolinarovich Kulchitsky for contributing to the brigade's success by ensuring the units always received their combat dispatches in proper time

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #173541

Awarded to private Nikolaj Nikolaevich Kalinsky awarded for remaining at his observation post near Stalingrad, even after the enemy tanks passed him by on the both flanks. By doing so he was able to reported all the details to the commanders post

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #197255

Awarded to Lt. Starovoitov for his reconnoitered advance of the enemy troops near the lake Zhizhitskoye in 1941 [Russia] during which he fought off the advancing enemy with rifle fire and hand-grenades and thus managed to report valuable intelligence to the headquarters. While working as liaison officer, he conducted up to 25 flights and delivered combat dispatches and operational documents to the units on the ground.

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #251563

Awarded to private Taras Ilyich Postnikov for ensuring uninterrupted operation of the station’s communications from March 25 to March 30, 1943 under heavy enemy artillery fire. Despite dangerous conditions, he demonstrated remarkable courage and dedication. Postnikov sadly died a year later

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #261659

Awarded to Jr. Lieutenant Yakov Terentievich Pilipchenko for executing his missions in delivering food and ammunition supplies to the combat forward positions in highly disciplined and well organised fashion

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #283664

Awarded to Sergeant Matvey Yegorovich Zhigunov. Most likely awarded for deeds in the spring of 1943 in the Kharkov battle. He Died on 11/21/1943 during the Kiev defensive operation

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #408280

Awarded to Guards military doctor rank II Nikolaj Tarasovich Litoshko for distinguishing himself during an outbreak of typhus providing care for 150 patients while being the only medic present. He didn’t leave the premises for several days straight

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #724287

Awarded to Guards Private Arim Ilyich Pitimashvili, driver in an automobile company of the 3rd Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, 4th Guards Tank Corps, 60th Army, 1st Ukrainian Front

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #894126

Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #3019397

Awarded to the Jewish Lieutenant Alexander Solomonovich Pikus for saving (rather than destroying) ciphered documents of the army headquarters when there was a threat of seizure