Soviet Russian USSR Medal for Bravery + Dok, train dispatcher

Description

Masalyga Anatoly Ivanovich born in 1911
Place of call:
in the Red Army since 1942
Place of service:
Saransk branch of the Kovel railway
Title:
Red Army
Position:
train dispatcher
A
train dispatcher
is a responsible employee of the railway transportation economy, who solely manages the movement of trains on his section (dispatching circle) and bears full responsibility for this. His orders for the movement of trains are subject to unquestioning execution by employees associated with the movement of trains: station attendants, locomotive drivers, chief conductors of group trains.
No one, except the train dispatcher, has the right to give operational orders for the movement of trains.
Historical reference:
During the Great Patriotic War, about 28,000 railway workers received various medals.
The most frequent one is “For Military Merit”. Most of its owners were awarded for courage,
courage in battle, and readiness to risk their own lives for the sake of general military success.
Some soldiers of the railway front received the medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War".
Their contribution to containing the onslaught of Nazi Germany on the territory of the USSR
in 1941-1945 is difficult to overestimate.
There are also heroic deeds on the account of railway workers, for which they were awarded
the medal "For Courage". Some fighters had 2-3 medals.
Each of them did not just fulfill military duty. He risked his life for a peaceful sky overhead.
Date of awarding 08/01/1944
Delivery date: 02.02.1946
Awarded.
1. Medal for Courage
No. 1045324 (total weight of the medal without a shoe is
approximately 28 g.)
Option 1. The eyelet of the medal is attached by soldering. The serial number is stamped.
(original block (heavy, two-layer) tape, connecting link - sealed
Certificate for the medal Type 1, sample 1945 - Secretary Chairman of the Supreme
Council - Gorkin
Description of the feat:
Comrade Masalyga, working as a train dispatcher, shows samples of high-speed advancement of
operational military trains, clearly fulfilling the tasks of the front command. When enemy air raids
on the line stations of the Sarny railway detachment, they took timely measures to withdraw trains
from the air raid zone, which preserves and ensures the timely arrival of trains to the front.