Genuine 1945 issued Soviet gratitude document covering numbers 305, 311, 336 and 367 for troops of the 104th Guards Order of Kutuzov 2nd class Division who fought in the territories of Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia between 16th of March, and 8th of May 1945.  Stiff card that folds in half, approximately 12 cm x 8 cm.   

  • 305 is for battles south west of Budapest on the 24th on March 1945.
  • 311 is for battles of the towns Papa and Devecher in Hungary on the 26th of March 1945.
  • 336 is for battles at Sankt-Peltei in Austria on the 15th April 1945.
  • 367 is for battles at Yaromerzhitse and Znaimo in Czechoslovakia on the 8th of May 1945.

On July 22, 1941, the Supreme Commander I. Stalin, in his order No. 241, declared gratitude to the troops of the Moscow air defence zone and the personnel of the fire brigades and the police for successfully repelling the Nazi air raid on Moscow. This was the first order of this kind. The following thanks were announced at the end of 1941 for the liberation of Rostov, Kerch and Feodosia. But, since, unfortunately, these successes were short-lived (finally Rostov was liberated in 1943, and Kerch with Theodosia only in 1944), the Supreme did not soon again resort to such a measure of encouragement. It happened on January 25, 1943, by the Order on the occasion of the victories won by the Red Army near Stalingrad, on the Don, in the North Caucasus, near Voronezh, in the Great Luk and south of Lake Ladoga. Since the summer of 1943, such orders began to be issued regularly, several times a month,


The gratitude declared by the Orders of the Supreme Commander, of course, were announced before the formation of each unit, however, for greater personalization, on-site data of gratitude was issued in the form of some letters and personally handed to the soldiers mentioned in the orders of formations and units. 

The numbering system came into effect on 24th July 1943, with numbers 001 (Kursk) to 52 being issued in 1943. Numbers 53 to 218 in 1944. Numbers 219 to 373 (Japan) in 1945.   Early gratitude’s were not numbered as part of the system.


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