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You may recognize this fantastic OPW2. The research is awesome!

Award Card

Order Booklet No.652913

1. Last name: Ol'ha
2. Name and patrionymic: Natan Yakovlevich
3. Rank: Guards Senior Sergeant
4. Gender: Male
5. Birthyear: 1902
6. Birthplace: City of Minsk
7. Party membership: Not a member
8. Education: Secondary
9. Nationality: Jew
10. Time in Red Army: From 1943 to 1945
11. Place of service at awarding: Senior Clerk, 55th Guards Cavalry Regiment, 15th Guards Cavalry Division
12. Place of work at present: URS, Central Defense Committee
13. Home address: City of Moscow, Small Meadow, Building 4/6 Apartment 15
14. Awards:

Designation Serial Number Document Number Awarding Organization
For Combat Service 1224444 Temporary Award Certificate B-712701 Decree of the 55th Guards Cavalry Regiment 3/N of 11.5.44
For Bravery 1551879 Temporary Award Certificate G-008253 Decree of the 55th Guards Cavalry Regiment 13/N of 15.9.44
Patriotic War 2nd Class 182763 Temporary Award Certificate D-525040 Decree of the 15th Guards Cavalry Division 04/N of 23.2.45
Red Star 1428363 Temporary Award Certificate Zh-078867 Decree of the 7th Guards Cavalry Corps 018/N of 3.6.45


Signature of the Awardee: [signed]

Verified by Chief of Staff of the 3rd Section
Captain / [signed] / Markeevich on 25th January 1946

OPW2 Citation

Award sheet
1. Family name, name and patrionymic: Ol'ha, Natan Yakovlevich
2. Rank: Guards Senior Sergeant
3. Positon: Senior Staff Clerk, 55th Guards Cavalry Corps, 15th Guards Mozersky Red Banner Cavalry Division, 7th Guards Red Banner Cavalry Corps
Recommended for: The Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class
4. Year of birth: 1902
5. Nationality: Jew
6. Party membership: Not a member
7. Participation in combat: Since 2.1944 in Belorussia on the 1st Belorussian Front
8. Wounds and contusions:None
9. Since when in the Red Army: Since March 1943
10. Inducted by: Marinsky Regional Military Commissariat, Novosibirsk Oblast
11. Whether recommended for an award previously, when and for what: Medal for Bravery by decree of the 55th Guards Cavalry Regiment No.013/N of 20.8.1944
12. Address of prospective awardee and family: Novosibirsk, 30 Soviet Street, Building 17 – Wife Ol'ha Estel Abramovna

Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or accomplishments:

During the offensive operations of the regiment against the German invaders from 14.1.45 Guards Sergeant Ol'ha showed courage and vigilance.

In the battle for the city Pobianice on 20.01.45, Guard Sergeant Ol'ha showed great bravery and courage. When the Hitlerites severed the highway and the regimental column was cut into two parts, comrade Ol'ha found himself with a small group of soldiers guarding the regimental military banner. Leading the group, comrade Ol'ha made the decision that it was better to die saving the sanctity of the regiment – the regimental guards banner. Under fierce enemy machine gun fire he broke through to the nearest settlement, disappearing into a barn until the danger had subsided and thereby saved the military Guards Banner.

For his courage and valor, and for displaying bravery, Guard Sergeant Ol'ha is worthy of being awarded the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class.

Commander of the 55th Guards Cavalry Regiment
Guards Lieutenant Colonel / [signed] / Mishukov
30.1.1945

Your decorations always have amazing stories. CONGRATS !!!

And also an OPW without Mint Mark, cannot go unnoticed. Super!

filo ha scritto:And also an OPW without Mint Mark, cannot go unnoticed. Super!

Nice example from the first MZPP batch

Thank you friends

Could someone explain to me why MZPP have such characteristic "sloppiness"?

Examples of MZPP Red Stars and OPW2 always seem to have very... unique engraving! and also other quirks of their production that are maybe not quite as neat as other Mints...

Thanks!

Rare OPWII (MZPP without mintmark) with an unique research! Also from MarcoTK's collection Great catch Tommy.
MZPP acronym for Московском заводе Платинаприбор (MZPP) or "Platina Pribor" has a unique production, different from classic mint (Moscow, Leningrad and Krasnokamsk) and engravers that sign with a peculiar style every single pieces.

Congratulations