Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

U.S.S.R., Order of Glory (2), 3rd Class, silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, ‘463620’; another, reverse inscribed, ‘604472’, both mounted Russian style as worn, good very fine (2) £60-70

The Order of Glory, 3rd Class, number ‘463620’ was awarded to Sergeant Petr Vasilevich Mironenko, a machine gunner with the 1st Machine Gun Company, 1181st Rifle Regiment, 356th Rifle Division. Awarded by Order dated, 29 October 1944.

A translation of his citation reads, ‘While repelling an enemy armoured assault on 24.10.44, with his personal weapon he killed as many as 15 assaulting enemy soldiers accompanying the tanks. Upon the approach of an enemy tank, he sought shelter in a trenchline and afterwards continued firing upon the enemy.’

Petr Vasilevich Mironenko was born in 1925 in the village of Sogunovka, Kirovogradskay, Chigirinsky Region of Ukraine. He entered the Red Army and became a Comsomol Member in 1944. He was awarded the Order of Glory for an action involved in the German retreat to Courland. Sold with original awards booklet which lists the above together with copied service and award details with translations and other research.

The Order of Glory, 3rd Class, number ‘604472’ is sold with the recipient’s original awards booklet but is unresearched.