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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 499

A Soviet Medal for Bravery awarded to Guards Junior Lieutenant G. V. Peteryayev, a Rifle Platoon leader in the 21st Rifle Regiment, 5th Guards Rifle Division, 11th Guards Army, 3rd Belarussian Front, for the Crossing of the Neutif Strait and the capture of 50 German Prisoners

Russia, U.S.S.R., Medal for Bravery, Type 2, Variation 1, officially numbered '3353478' to reverse, lacking red enamel lettering, very fine

Grigory Vladimirovich Peteryayev was born in the village of Starobelokatai, Belokatai Raion, Baskhir ASSR in 1915, becoming a member of the Communist Party in 1940, he saw action during the Great Patriotic War from 21 March 1943 with the 3rd Belarussian Front, being wounded on 9 August 1943. Peteryayev attended the Kemerovo Infantry School in January 1945 and having been passed as an Officer was at the disposal of the 3rd Belarussian Front from 11 April 1945.

Serving as a Guards Junior Lieutenant, Peteryayev was to receive his sole award for gallantry in the form of this Medal for Bravery, awarded on 25 May 1945:

'Comrade Poteryayev and his Platoon displayed examples of courage and bravery during the fighting for the city of Pillau.

On April 26, 1945 he and his platoon were among the first to cross the Neutif Strait and on the opposite shore provided fire support for the crossing of the entire battalion. On April 27, 1945 he took up to 50 Hitlerites prisoner on the Vistula Spit.

During the fighting for our Soviet motherland he received one wound.

He deserves to be awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Signed by the Commander of the 21st Guards Red Banner Rifle Regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union, Guards Major Ustinov.'

In August 1946, he was listed as temporarily unemployed because of the demobilisation, and was living at 12 Kholturin Street, Novozlatoust Raion, Chelyabinsk Oblast; sold together with copied citation and research, with english translation.


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