Description: Group of a sergeant of the 399th Fusiliers Division, commander of a mortar crew, the group is accompanied by copies of his military record, giving a lot of information, including the reasons for which he was awarded his decorations (includes full translation into english), consists of:

 

-Awards book.

 

-Order of Glory 3rd class, number: 128.127, because ‘In the offensive combat of the regiment on 22.07.1944 when taking the locality of Miakish of the Belsky district of the [illegible] region comrade Kostruba, acting as a gunner of the 82nd rifle battalion [illegible] showed bravery and courage in the difficult conditions of the combat. With his mortar he carried out intensive fire at the enemy's [illegible] targets, supported the rifle units with mortar fire. Comrade Kostruba allowed the infantry to advance up to 3 kilometres. Comrade Kostruba personally with his mortar annihilated 20 German soldiers and officers, as well as [illegible] enemy fire points (heavy machine guns).’.

 

-Medal for bravery, number: 1.444.872, because ‘in the offensive combat of the regiment on 22.07.1944 during the capture of the locality of Miakish in the Belsky district of the [illegible] region, comrade Kostruba, acting as a gunner of the 82nd rifle battalion [illegible] showed bravery and courage in the difficult conditions of the combat. With his mortar he carried out intensive fire at the enemy's [illegible] targets, supported the rifle units with mortar fire. Comrade Kostruba allowed the infantry to advance up to 3 kilometres. Comrade Kostruba personally with his mortar annihilated 20 German soldiers and officers, as well as [illegible] enemy fire points (heavy machine guns).’

 

-Medal for bravery, number: 2.119.741, because ‘in the regimental offensive combat of 24.06.1944 when breaking through the [illegible] fortified defence of the Germans and crossing the Drut river Comrade Kostruba was one of the first to cross the Drut river, [illegible] the mortar conducted intensive fire towards the enemy and annihilated 2 fire points.’

 

-Medal of the capture of Königsberg, with award document.

 

An authentic WWII Soviet battle group, with a wealth of information from the Russian Military Archives translated into English! 

 

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