Medal for Combat Merit nr. 1830544 was awarded by Order of the 600th Rifle Regiment of June 20, 1944 to Private Pyotr Kazimirovich Ruzhitsky, wagon driver with the ammunition supply depot of the 600th Rifle Regiment, 147th Rifle Division, 74th Rifle Corps, 1st Guards Army, 1st Ukrainian Front.

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3. Private Pyotr Kazimirovich Ruzhitsky, wagon driver with the ammunition supply depot, who suffered a wound during the fighting for the village of Zelyonaya. He always brought ammunition to the units on the front line in a timely manner. When a bridge was being constructed across the river near the village of Zarvanitsa, he delivered bridge-building materials under enemy fire.

Born in 1903; Ukrainian; not a Party member; joined the Red Army in 1943; drafted by the Military Commissariat of Andrushovka District. Home address: _______________

Commanding officer of the 93rd Guards Rifle Regiment
Colonel [signed] /Sakseyev/

Chief of staff
Lieutenant Colonel [signed] /Loginov/

Medal for Combat Merit nr. 1830544, obverse and reverse