Description
Order of the Red Banner #267621
Awarded to Corporal Zinovy Ivanovich Zelenkov (Зиновий Иванович Зеленков)
For heroic actions in East Prussia during spring 1945
In nice worn but decent condition. The details are all present and it shows a nice even dark patina. On the reverse several dings and scratches are visible. The enamel on its obverse is problem free apart from the 9 o’clock ray of the center star. Its connection ring is uncut and the suspension is time period to the order.
Short Description of his feat of arms or achievements:
In the period of offensive battles conducted by the regiment on January 21-22, 1945, while taking the settlement of Shelniken – East Prussia (today: Янтарский, Russia), corporal Zelenkov was the first to rush into the enemy’s trenches with a machine gun, and doing so, killing thirty German soldiers and officers. Being wounded, he did not leave the battlefield, but continued to repulse enemy counterattacks, until he received a second, severe wound.
He is worthy of the governmental award,
order of the Red Banner
В период наступательных боев проводимых полком 21-22 января 1945 года при взятии населенного пункта ШЕЛЬНИКЕН – Восточная Пруссия, ефрейтор Зеленков первым с ручным пулеметом ворзался в транжею противника, уничтожил при этом тридцать немецких солдат и офицеров. Будучи раненым, он не покинул поле боя, а продолжал отбивать контратаки противника, до тех пор пока не получия зторое тяжелое ранение.
Достоин правительственной награды
орден Красного Знамени
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