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Auction: 4020 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 82

Original Citation for U.S. Legion of Merit in the Degree of Officer 'Lieutenant General V.S. Bodrov, Army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious conduct in performance of outstanding service as Commander of Artillery, Thirty-Third Army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The plans and studies iniatiated by him substantially assisted in the successful operations which resulted in the junction of the forces of the Thirty-Third Army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the Ninth United States Army on 30 April 1945 in the vicinity of the American Elbe River bridgehead in Germany. This junction of forces contributed materially to the Allied War Effort and the final capitulation of the German Army. His outstanding performance of the German Army. His outstanding performance of duty reflects great credit upon himself and the Soviet Union', signed by Lieutenant General W.H. Simpson, Commander of the United States Ninth Army, folded and with a small tear in the top left margin, a very rare and interesting document Estimate £ 80-120

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