The remains of the fallen during the Great Patriotic War, search engines find often enough. Unfortunately, the data of the soldier’s medallions cannot always be deciphered, even if they exist. It is possible to establish the identity of the deceased by reward, since all military orders and medals have numbers.
You will need
- - reward;
- - catalog of orders and medals;
- - a computer with internet access.
Instruction manual
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Determine what kind of reward fell into your hands. This can be done according to the catalog "Orders and Medals of the USSR". Such reference publications can still be found in libraries and bookstores. They exist in electronic form, including on many military-historical sites. Each military award has a unique identification number. The award documents are in the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
2
Make an archive request. This is better done through the draft board, museum, or search squad. To obtain an archival certificate for third parties, you must provide documents proving the degree of relationship, but you, of course, do not. For legal entities, such a certificate can be provided. In the request, indicate the name of the order, degree, purpose, for which you need to find out these data. There may be such a request from local authorities, especially if remains are found that need to be buried. Indicate also the type of archive document that you need. This can be a registration card, award sheet, award order. The officers got registration and service cards. Databases on orders issued during the war exist because special journals were kept. As for the medals "For Courage" and "For Military Merit", then in this case the magazines were not kept so neatly, therefore, the necessary information may not be available. The request must also have a legible address. It is better if this is the address of the legal entity.
3
You can try using network archive search. Go to the Archive Search site. There you will be asked to break "By last name, first name and patronymic" and "By the number of the order or medal." Choose the second one. Carefully read the terms of information. You can get the necessary information about the last name, first name, patronymic, place of call. For the burial of the remains of this information is enough.
4
To arrange a stand in the museum, try to find some more information about the owner of the order. Knowing the place of the call, you can contact the regional or local archives. Contact the museum of military glory, which is available in this locality, with the search squad located there. Search engine coordinates can be found on the Union of Search Forces website.
note
The military enlistment office may require an order from you. This is convenient if you want to return the reward to the former owner.
Useful advice
If you would like to return the veteran his lost reward, contact the military enlistment office, local Council of Veterans or the Committee for Social Protection. This can be done right away without having to wait for the name to be set. In these organizations, as a rule, there are lists of those awarded military orders.
