Award Document for the Medal for the Defense of Soviet Polar Region, Series A #0102263, issued on 21 February 1945 to Sergeant Ivan Paponov (Иван Петрович Папонов), 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Division, 14th Army.
Shows an ink stamp of the Artillery Command of the 14th Army and is hand-signed by Commander of the 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Division Colonel Ivan Khramov.
The document is in very good to excellent condition, showing very little wear. There is a minor amount of soiling to the cover and a single very small oil stain at the spine at the bottom. The internal pages are overall clean; the hand-written entries and stamp are perfectly legible. The pages are firmly attached and have none of the usual tears or separations along the fold.
The 40th AAA Division was formed in
Shows an ink stamp of the Artillery Command of the 14th Army and is hand-signed by Commander of the 40th Antiaircraft Artillery Division Colonel Ivan Khramov.
The document is in very good to excellent condition, showing very little wear. There is a minor amount of soiling to the cover and a single very small oil stain at the spine at the bottom. The internal pages are overall clean; the hand-written entries and stamp are perfectly legible. The pages are firmly attached and have none of the usual tears or separations along the fold.
The 40th AAA Division was formed in 1943 in the Volga Military District and spent the rest of the war in the far north, initially as a part of
the 7th Army, Karelian Front, and then 14th Army. It greatly distinguished itself in the final year of the war, receiving the Order of the Red
Banner and an honorific title of Pechengskaya (i.e. "of Pechenga fame") added to its name.
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