Russia - Soviet: Medal for Bravery, 2nd Type, 1st Variation with award serial number stamped: ‘1169559’, awarded to Private V.I. Ushanov, 160th Artillery Regiment, who was serving within his unit as a Scout-observer when he was awarded the Medal for Bravery on 3rd May 1944. His unit was serving within the 24th Rifle Division when he was further awarded the Order of Glory 3rd Class on 21st May 1945. As of June 1947 he was an Electromechanical technician-driver in the 187th Independent Scout-Spotter Aviation Regiment.
Russia - Soviet: Medal for Bravery, 2nd Type, 1st Variation with award serial number stamped: ‘1169559’, with five sided alloy suspension, and old worn ribbon.
Condition: some contact wear and some loss to enamel on letters, overall Very Fine.
Viktor Ivanovich Ushanov was born in 1925 in the city of Leningrad, and was a member of the Communist Youth Organisation known as the Komsomol since 1944. During the Great Patriotic War he saw service in the Red Army and was serving as a Private in the 160th Artillery Regiment and employed as a Scout-observer, when he was awarded the Medal for Bravery (No.1169559) in the Decree of the 160th Artillery Regiment No.013 of 3rd May 1944. His unit was serving within the 24th Rifle Division when he was further awarded the Order of Glory 3rd Class (No.414821) on 21st May 1945. He is also entitled to the Medal for the Victory Over Germany, and as of June 1947 was serving as an Electromechanical technician-driver in the 187th Independent Scout-Spotter Aviation Regiment. He home address was still shown as Leningrad.
