Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Soviet Great Patriotic War Order of Glory Third Class awarded to Private, later Sergeant-Major, A. S. Lekinsky, 7th Guards Airborne Division, for his gallantry in repairing, whilst wounded, a telephone cable under enemy fire, 13 January 1944

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of Glory, Third Class, 2nd type breast badge, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘9134’, with riband suspension, very fine and an early numbered award £100-£140

Order of Glory Third Class awarded 31 January 1944.
The Recommendation states: ‘On 13 January 1944, during an offensive, Guards Private Aleksei Sergeyevich Lekinsky repaired a telephone cable that had been severed by shrapnel from an exploding shell. He was wounded, but once his wound was dressed he returned to service. He is dedicated towards and fond of his motherland.’

Aleksei Sergeyevich Lekinsky served during the Second World War as a 120mm mortar loader in the 29th Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment, 7th Guards Airborne Division.

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