Description
Soviet Order of the Red Star #2514020
Awarded to Guards Private Nikolaj Maksimovich Nikulin (Николай Максимович Никулин)
For crawling to the minefield with barbed wire under heavy machine-gun and mortar fire. Regardless of the danger to life he made a passage and destroyed six enemy mines
Made of silver and enamels. Measures 47.42 mm in width, 45.31 mm in height and weighs 30.1 grams without its screwplate. The serial number is located at the 6 o’clock position and the mint mark on the 12 o’clock position of its reverse.
In an excellent, above average condition. The details on the center medallion all crisp and the enamels problem free with some small dings and scratches and a tiny superficial flake on the very tip of the 7 o’clock ray only. There have been no repairs and the screw is full length. It comes with a well fitted and time period screwplate.
Short excerpt and translation of the research:
Guard Private
Born in 1911 in the Kursk region
non-partisan
nationality Russian
In the Red Army from February 1944 to October 1945
Place of service – 30th Separate Sapper Guards Battalion, 26th Guards Rifle Division
position – sapper
The current place of work is a prospector in a gold mine
Passages made in minefields and barbed wire on the night of March 8 in the village of Kraussel. When they were discovered by the enemy, it was necessary to make a passage in another place.
During the day, in the immediate vicinity of the enemy, under heavy machine-gun and mortar fire, Comrade Nikulin, regardless of the danger to life, crawled to the minefield and the barbed wire and made a passage through them, while they destroyed six enemy mines.
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