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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 480

A superb Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class awarded to Guards Lieutenant of the Quartermaster Service T. S. Trisvetov, 98th Guards Mortar Regiment, for the fighting around Lvov in July 1944 when he was ambushed by a heavily armed German group led by an Officer, during the unequal fight, he managed to successfully defend his Staff Car, the Staff Documents and arrange the evacuation of a wounded soldier, while leaving 2 German machine-guns and several dead enemy soldiers on the battlefield

Russia, U.S.S.R., Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, Type 2, flatback reverse, reverse officially numbered '777902', good very fine

Yuri Sergeyevich Trisvetov was born in the village of Novoye, Pogoreloye Raion, Kalinin in 1923. He began his service in the Red Army in June 1941 and served throughout the war, he had seen service in the Voronezh Front from September 1942-March 1943, and then the Central Front from March-October 1943, finally joining the 1st Ukrainian Front in October 1943 where he served out the remainder of the war as a File Clerk in the 1st Battalion of the 98th Kiev Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky Guards Mortar Regiment. He became a Candidate Member of the Communist Party in 1943 and a full Member in November 1944, shortly after he had received his first award, the Medal for Combat Merit on 29 July 1944, this likely for an action in the early part of the Bagration Offensive of the summer of 1944. Trisvetov's second and final award of the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class was made by Order of the 1st Ukrainian Front on 25 May 1945, the citation as follows:

'In a struggle with the German-Fascist invaders Guards Lieutenant Trisvetov showed himself a bold and brave officer. He took part in the fighting for Voronezh, Kharkov, Kiev, Tarnopol, Shepetovka and Lvov. Serving as the battalion's file clerk, he has proven to be an officer with great organisational skills. He raised the quality of clerical work and personnel records maintenance to the proper level and deftly processed the battalion's paperwork, promptly providing information and combat reports to the superior staff. His exceptionally selfless efforts made efficiently commanding the units considerably easier for the battalion commander. Throughout the fighting with the German-fascist invaders comrade Trisvetov and the staff were always positioned at the battalion's front line and in spite of enemy artillery shelling comrade Trisvetov bravely performed his duty to the motherland.

On July 24 1944, during the fighting for the city of Lvov, the battalion had marched on ahead along the designated route, leaving behind a malfunctioning staff car with comrade Trisvetov left in charge. He was then fired upon by enemy submachine gunners, who attempted to force their way through. Comrade Trisvetov and a group of 5 guardsmen engaged in an unequal battle with an enemy force numbering more than 20 men led by a German officer and armed with several machine guns. During the gunfight Private Kuznetzov was severely wounded, after which comrade Trisvetov ordered to have him immediately evacuated from the battlefield. Comrade Trisvetov was able to save all staff documents and the vehicle. With the help of a few grenades the enemy troops were dispersed, 2 machine guns and several killed enemy soldiers were left behind on the battlefield. For his selfless efforts and the bravery and courage he displayed, comrade Trisvetov deserves the Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class.'

The citation was signed by Commander of the 1st Battalion Captain Petrovsky and then by Commander of the 98th Guards Mortar Regiment, Guards Lieutenant Colonlel Kolenchenko, before finally being signed off by Guards Lieutenant General of the Artillery Yarovoi, who was the Deputy Artillery Commander for Guards Mortar Units of the 1st Ukrainian Front.

'Guards Mortars' was the designation for units using the Katyusha Rocket Launchers, which were so feared by the Germans. After the Second World War he was serving as a Military training officer at a secondary school in the village of Pogoreloye, in Kalinin Oblast, and was living in the village of Novoye, Ivanovskoye Rural Municipality, Pogoreloye Raion, Kalinin Oblast.


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