Certificate for the medal “For the Defence of Stalingrad.” Family archive (notebook, p. 108).

Certificate for the medal “For the Defence of Stalingrad.” Family archive (notebook, p. 108).

What it is

A certificate awarding the medal “For the Defence of Stalingrad” («За оборону Сталинграда»).

The form names Guards Sergeant Timofey Timofeevich Samsonov.

Not the father

This is Tatyana Timofeevna’s brother — uncle Tyoma, Timofey Timofeevich Samsonov (b. 1923).

It is not her father Timofey Petrovich Samsonov (1888–1955). The patronymic on the form is Timofeevich, not Petrovich.

Decree and presentation

  • Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR: 22 December 1942 (as printed on the blank — the medal’s establishment / legal basis).
  • Presentation date on the certificate: 23 September 1943.
  • Blank number (from the scan): II No. 34769.

If family memory has mentioned another presentation year (for example 1945), the public site follows the date written on the form. Any discrepancy is flagged for family review against the original.

Unit

Presented by the commander of the 79th Guards Mortar Regiment (blank also has “commander of the 79th GMR”).

Signature: Guards Lieutenant Colonel — V. Popov (reading from the scan; flourish).

Text (from the photo)

For our Soviet Motherland
CERTIFICATE
For participation in the heroic defence of STALINGRAD
Guards Sergeant Samsonov Timofey Timofeevich
By decree of the PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE USSR of 22 December 1942 awarded the medal “FOR THE DEFENCE OF STALINGRAD”
On behalf of the PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME SOVIET OF THE USSR the medal “For the Defence of Stalingrad”
presented “23” September 1943
II No. 34769
COMMANDER OF THE 79th GUARDS MORTAR REGIMENT
Guards Lieutenant Colonel V. Popov

In the family archive

The scan sits in the memoir notebook with the brother’s front-line letters: