Description
Soviet Medal for Combat Merit #32812
Awarded to Private and Sr. Technician Andrej Pavlovich Mischenko (Андрей Павлович Мищенко)
For repairing aircrafts on the frontline
Made of solid silver. Measurements; 32.07 mm in diameter and 2.79 mm in thickness. The height of the medal; 36.24 mm (including the eyelet). The eyelet itself is 4.81 mm wide and the medal weighs 22.1 gram without its suspension. The suspension measures 25.24 mm in width at its narrowest point and 31.19 at its widest point. The minimum known serial number is 28996 and the maximum is 36446 so less than 8000 pieces of this variation were produced.
The medal is in pristine, well above average condition with only some small dings and scratches. All details are crisp and the red enamel is all present. All parts of the award are authentic including its silver suspension block and silver screw, the nut, the plate holding the ribbon and the screw plate tightening it all up. The ribbon is old and probably belongs to the medal too and its connection ring has not been cut.
Next to impossible to upgrade. Probably the best quality rectangular suspension type we have ever handled. Rare as such!
Brief and specific description of the personal feat or merits
“Comrade MISCHENKO is an aviation technician servicing aircrafts on the field airdromes. He also provides preflight service to the aircraft’s before the most critical hight missions. Comrade MISCHENKO has patched many aircraft damaged by the enemy bomb fragments. Comrade MISCHENKO masterfully fixed these machines and allowed them to conduct combat ammunition and other materiel supply missions.
On 05 September 1941, comrade MISCHENKO repaired a PR-5 aircraft in the field conditions on the frontline. He conducted a serious repairs in just two hours and thus ensured achievement of the mission.
Comrade MISCHENKO has no professional aviation training nor education, but he is nonetheless a master aviation technician. Working in the filed conditions, comrade MISCHENKO has made and realised a number of technical improvements, which improve work efficiency. EXAMPLE: Out of different technical waste bits and pieces and used cartridge cases, he constructed a welding torch, which work effectively regardless of wind conditions.
For excellent work in maintaining and repairing aircrafts, the aviation group Command is recommending comrade MISCHENKO for an award – order “RED STAR”. ”
The full translation of the research can be found below and in the picture gallery
More info on Mischenko can be found here
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