WWII Citations
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Honorary Certificate issued in October 1944 by an NKVD Correctional Labor Camp.
Awarded for completing the assignment - laying a part of the main track of the Baikal-Amur Railroad - 82 days ahead of schedule. Unusual and colorful artwork features portraits of Stalin and Lenin and a railway train speeding through the forest.

Honorary Certificate issued in August 1939 to the wife of an NKVD Naval Border Guard officer
in Leningrad Region. She was given the certificate and a monetary reward for winning first prize in NKVD sports competition. Nice artwork specifically designed for NKVD: shows NKVD Internal Army trooper guarding the industrial installations and NKVD Border Guard on patrol near a border marker. In very good condition.

Unit Citation for Participation in the Capture of Dresden.
Issued in June 1945 to a Guards Sergeant of an illustrious
Guards rifle brigade in 7th Guards Tank Corps. Nice artwork
depicting Soviet tank smashing a Nazi artillery piece with its
tracks. Hand-signed by the unit commander. In very good
condition.

Lot of 2 Documents to a serviceman of 332nd Rifle Division.
Includes a large, colorful retirement greeting issued on behalf of Marshal Sokolovsky, commander of the Soviet Army of Occupation in Germany, and a "cumulative" unit citation stating that the recipient participated in 10 battles in which his unit earned an honorary mentioning in Stalin decrees.