The Order was established on 20 May 1942 and came in first class and second class depending upon the merit of the deed. It was the first Soviet order established during the war, and the first Soviet order divided into classes. Its statute precisely defined, which deeds are awarded with the order, e.g. shooting down three aircraft as a fighter pilot, or destroying two heavy or three medium or four light tanks, or capturing a warship, or repairing an aircraft under fire after landing on a hostile territory, and so on, were awarded with the first class. It was also given to some allied troops and commanders, including western allies.
New Items, Order of the Patriotic War
USSR. Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class, s/n 499494. Type 2 Variation 3. Researched
$235.00
Silver, 14 K gold (hammer and sickle emblem), enamels; Excellent condition.
Awarded to Ogorodnik Mikhail Andreevich
Nationality: Ukrainian
Date of birth: 1908
Place of birth: Ukrainian SSR, Khmelnytsky region, Letichevsky district, village Snitovka
Military rank: major
Deputy commander of the self-propelled artillery Belostok Red Banner regiment
Military unit:
185th rifle division
1812th self-propelled artillery regiment
Kalinin front
3rd army
41st rifle corps
Awards:
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Patriotic War 1st degree
Order of the Patriotic War 2nd degree
Medal “For Military Merit”
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Red Banner
Medal “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945”
Medal “For the Capture of Berlin”
Medal “For the Capture of Koenigsberg”
Order of Lenin
Comrade Ogorodnik was continuously in the regiment’s combat formations in the battles to destroy the Frankfurt group, as well as in the battles from Rosdorf to the Elbe River. Acting boldly and courageously, by his personal example, he mobilized combat crews to carry out combat missions.
While in battle for the crossing over Lake Helzerner-ZEE with the 3rd battery, he mobilized personnel to carry out a combat mission and, despite fierce resistance from the enemy, captured the crossing without allowing the enemy to destroy it.
For exemplary performance of combat missions, the command comrade Ogorodnik is worthy of the government award of the Order of the Patriotic War, first degree
