Participant of three wars, holder of three St. George crosses, commander of the 259th rifle division of the Red Army, Hero of the Soviet Union, colonel Afanasy Vasilyevich Lapshov with a captured German MP.38 submachine gun. Volkhov front, the battle for Leningrad.
Photo signed by A.V. Lapshov and is addressed to his wife Erera Milyagros and son Vova.
“To the good memory of my dear Mili and my hero Vova. In memory of my military days of the 2nd World War II. Your friend’s life. Afanasy Lapshov”.
Source: Lapshov family home archive.
Location: Leningrad Region, USSR
Date: 1942