Heroes of the Soviet Union
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Certificate for a Defense of Stalingrad Medal, May 1946. Hand-signed by Hero of
the Soviet Union Maj. General Georgiy Filippov, the famous hero of
Stalingrad who
led the
tank column that captured the key bridge in Kalach thus trapping the German VI
Army in the Stalingrad pocket. The document was issued to a highly decorated
medical officer in a Guards mechanized division who served under Filippov's
command after the war. The document is in very good condition, far better than the
average. Comes with a copy of the article about Filippov in the official Soviet-
era catalog Heroes of the Soviet Union.