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Soviet Order of the Red Banner 2nd award #1105 Reissue Award

Awarded to Hero of the Soviet Union Captain (and later Lt. Col.) Sergej Petrovich Tyurikov (Сергей Петрович Тюриков)

For flying 50 sorties in which he enabled precise air strikes on enemy railway trains and military troops.Sergej Petrovich also downed several aircraft for which he received the title ‘Hero of the Soviet Union’

Made of silver and enamels. Measures 37.07 mm in width, 45.24 mm in height including its eyelet and weighs 24.8 gram without its suspension. The mint mark is located above the serial number in one straight line.

This original order is in excellent condition with crisp details. Even the the higher laying parts like the torch and the center wreath show little wear. The red and white enamels are mostly present and only show a chip on the 9 o’clock ray and a repair on the 3 o’clcok ray of the center star. Most of the gold plating is still present and its reverse shows a nice medium dark toning to the silver. Its connection ring has not been cut and the order comes with a time period suspension.

Reissue awards were given by the Soviet Government to a recipient, as a replacement piece, in exchange for the same order or medal of an earlier type which was no longer authorized for awarding by new regulations. The new reissue piece retains the serial number from the original award piece. Many early suspension or screwback awards were exchanged for the new type of award, particularly during the period immediately following the end of the Great Patriotic War. During the June 1945 Victory Parade in Moscow following the defeat of Germany in World War Two, soldiers participating in the Parade were expected to have the latest type of award on their uniforms and undoubtedly many were exchanged for that parade. These pieces are extremely rare.

Great piece to a real Hero of the Soviet Union!

Brief and specific description of the personal feat or merits:

He is an excellent bombardier and can navigate in difficult weather conditions. In many missions against the enemy railway trains and military troops, he enabled precise air strikes both for his aircraft and for a group. He has never had problems with navigation and never lost orientation in the air. He has made over 50 sorties. He deserves state award – order “RED BANNER”.

The full translation can be found below:

– register card

– citation

Biography on Captain Tyurikov:

Tyurikov Sergej Petrovich – navigator of the 4th Guards Novgorod short-range bomber aviation regiment of the 188th bomber aviation division of the 15th air army of the 2nd Baltic Front.

Born on September 12, 1910 in the city of Rzhev, Tver Region, in a working class family. Russian. Member of the CPSU since 1938. He graduated from six classes of incomplete secondary school. He worked at the Rzhev spinning factory.

In 1931 he was drafted into the Red Army. In 1938 he graduated from the Kharkov Military Aviation School. Member of the liberation campaign of Soviet troops in Western Ukraine and Western Belarus in 1939 [Poland]. He took part in the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940.

In the battles of the Great Patriotic War since June 1941. He fought on the North-Western, Volkhov, Leningrad and 2nd Baltic fronts.

The glorious navigator delivered valuable intelligence information to the command. But his main merit is the targeted, crushing bombardment of enemy ground targets. Upon receipt of the next task S.P. Tyurikov said: “The target will be found and destroyed.” And no one doubted that he would keep his word. It was like this all four years of the war.

From the beginning of the war until December 1944, bombers led by S.P. Tyurikov destroyed and destroyed 44 tanks, 47 guns, 117 vehicles, 85 railway cars, 18 aircraft at airfields, a railway bridge and much more, The bombers of Sergej Petrovich were especially successful in the Baltics, in the battles for Riga.

By February 1945, the navigator of the 4th Guards Close Bomber Aviation Regiment, Major S.P. Tyurikov made 179 sorties to bombard railway stations, strongholds, and enemy troops. In twenty air battles he shot down two and in a group battle one enemy aircraft.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 18, 1945, for the exemplary performance of combat missions of the command for the destruction of manpower and equipment of the enemy and the courage and heroism of the guards shown, Major Sergei Petrovich Tyurikov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union with the award of the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal “(No. 8657).

In 1947 he graduated from the Higher Officer School of Navigators of the Air Force, Since 1958, Lieutenant Colonel S.P. Tyurikov was in the reserve troops. He Lived in the city of Lviv and died September 24, 1972.

He was buried in the city of Lviv at the Lychakiv cemetery. He was awarded two orders of Lenin, four orders of the Red Banner, orders of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, the Red Star, and medals.

More info on Captain Tyurikov here, here and here

Also included in the picture gallery are scans of combat journals and mission logs

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