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 226529. Type 2 Variation 2. Researched
$220.00
Silver, 14 K gold (hammer and sickle emblem), enamels; Silver screwplate. Good condition. Several small scratches on red ebnamel.
Awarded to: Kokorin Arkady Aleksandrovich
Date of birth: 18.06.1923
Place of birth: Arkhangelsk region, Kotlas district, village Spitsinskaya
Place of conscription: Kotlas RVC, Arkhangelsk region, Kotlas district
Date of conscription: 06.1942
Military rank: junior lieutenant; lieutenant
Military unit:
564th Rifle Regiment of the 195th Rifle Division
604th Rifle Regiment of the 195th Rifle Division
564th Rifle Regiment of the 195th Rifle Division
460th Rifle Regiment of the 100th Rifle Division
6th Guards Rifle Corps
Awards:
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Medal “For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”
Comrade Arkady Aleksandrovich Kokorin took part in the battle on August 21, 1944, near the village of Ermakisya and Popovka, Moldavian SSR. Commanding a mortar platoon at the time of the enemy’s counterattack, he gave a barrage of fire, the force of which forced the enemy to return and turn his retreat into flight.
On August 29, while destroying an enemy group, he destroyed 2 heavy machine guns with his mortar fire in the area of the village of Broekosheti. For his courage and bravery, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd degree.
