Description
Order of Glory 3rd Class #47106 Duplicate
Awarded to Sergeant Alexey Petrovich Rogov (Алексей Петрович Рогов)
For displaying bravery and courage in close combat near Leningrad in 1944, when the enemy attacked his unit from the rear. He shot two Germans at point-blank range, sustained a head wound but refused to leave the battlefield, and while wounded, killed another German with his personal weapon
Full cavalier of the Order of Glory and was even awarded 4(!) orders of glory
Extremely rare as such!
Made of silver and enamels. Measures 46.32 mm in width, 48.34 mm in height and weighs 22.9 grams without its suspension. The stamped serial number is on the reverse side, positioned beneath the Cyrillic ‘D,’ in a small font style typically associated with duplicate awards.
In excellent condition with light wear to the raised areas and crisp details. Both sides shows several dings and scratches and a medium patina to the silver on both sides. The enamels are all very well preserved and without repairs or flaking. Its connection ring has not been cut and its double layer suspension is time period to the order.
Duplicate awards were issued by the Soviet government as replacements – either for earlier types of the same order or medal, or when awards were lost or not given under exceptional circumstances. Such pieces are especially rare.
Brief and specific description of the personal feat or merits:
Comrade Rogov, during the battle on the LUGA-GDOV Highway in Leningrad region on the 10th of February 1944, at the time when the enemy was attacking his formation from the rear, he fought bravely and courageously in a close battle. He shot two Germans at point blank. He was injured in the head, however he did not leave the battlefield. While being wounded, he killed another German with his personal weapon. He deserves to be awarded the Order of Glory 3rd Class.
More information on Sgt. Rogov can be found here, here and here
A sort biography on Rogov:
Rogov, Aleksey Petrovich – 120mm mortar crew commander, 340th Rifle Regiment(45th Rifle Division, 2nd Shock Army, 2nd Belorussian Front), senior sergeant, at the time of his nomination for the Order of Glory, 1st class. One of the few full Cavaliers of the Order of Glory, awarded four Orders of Glory.
Born on September 22 (October 5), 1915, in the village of Dorogusha, now in the Kirillovsky District of the Vologda Region, to a family of farmers. Russian. He completed four years of rural school. He worked as a shoemaker’s apprentice, an apprentice in an accordion workshop, and a cooperative apprenticeship school. He worked as an accountant at the district consumer union, then at the Sevkabel plant in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). From 1936 to 1938 and from 1939 to 1940, he served in the Red Army.
In August 1941, he was again called up by the Vasileostrovsky District Military Registration and Enlistment Office of Leningrad. He was assigned to the newly formed 1st Rifle Division of the NKVD of the USSR (from July 1942 – the 46th Rifle Division). He served in this unit throughout the war, participating in the defense of Leningrad and in the battles on the Nevsky Pyatachok. Member of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)/CPSU since 1943. By early 1944, he was fighting as a mortarman in the 340th Rifle Regiment. On
February 10, 1944, during a battle on the Luga-Gdov railway, when the enemy attacked the battery from the rear, Sergeant Rogov killed two Nazis in close combat with his personal weapon. He was wounded in the head, but continued fighting and killed another soldier. After the battle, he was sent to the rear for treatment and was discharged from the hospital only on March 18. He returned to his regiment, which was fighting near the city of Pskov.
By order of the 46th Rifle Division (No. 21/n) on March 22, 1944, Sergeant Aleksey Petrovich Rogov was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd Class.
In the summer of 1944, the division was transferred to the Karelian Isthmus,participated in the Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive Operation, and in the battles forthe liberation of the city of Koivisto (now Primorsk, Leningrad Oblast). In thesebattles, mortarman Rogov earned his second combat award.
On June 14-15, 1944, during a breakthrough of enemy defenses near the village of Vammelsuu (now Serovo, Leningrad Oblast), Sergeant Rogov, ignoring constant enemy fire, continuously aimed his mortar at targets. The crew, in which Sergeant Rogov was the gunner, destroyed an enemy pillbox, five machine-gun nests, and suppressed four firing points and a mortar battery with accurate fire. For this battle,the regiment commander nominated him for the Order of Glory, 3rd class (although his previous award of this order was known and was listed in the award sheet).
By order for units of the 46th Rifle Division (No. 56/n) dated June 29, 1944,Sergeant Aleksey Petrovich Rogov was awarded a second Order of Glory, 3rd class. Both orders were awarded at the front. Two months later, in September of that year, he and his division participated in the Tallinn Offensive Operation on the Leningrad Front, where he distinguished himself again.
On September 17, 1944, during a battle near the village of Viinapruli (north of Tartu,Estonia) and on the Ema River, Senior Sergeant Rogov accurately aimed a mortar at a target. He and his crew destroyed three machine-gun emplacements, two guns, and approximately ten enemy soldiers, suppressed two 75-mm cannons, and dispersed upto a platoon of enemy infantry. By order of the 2nd Shock Army (No. 142/n) dated October 2, 1944, SeniorSergeant Aleksey Petrovich Rogov was awarded a second Order of Glory, 2nd Class
(the award sheet indicates a previous award of two Orders of Glory, 3rd Class).
After a short rest, from October 1945, the division fought as part of the 2nd Belorussian Front in the East Prussian and East Pomeranian Strategic Offensive Operations. During these battles, Senior Sergeant Rogov commanded a mortar crew.
On January 20, 1945, during a breakthrough of enemy defenses north of the Polishtown of Pułtusk (Masovian Voivodeship, Poland), Senior Sergeant Alexei Rogov,commanding the crew, destroyed a gun, four firing positions, two observation posts,and a large number of Nazi troops with accurate mortar fire. While repelling enemycounterattacks, the mortar crew suppressed three firing positions and a mortarbattery, and set fire to a vehicle carrying ammunition. For this action, the regimentcommander nominated him for the Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class, but thedivision commander rescinded the award.
By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 24,1945, for exemplary performance of command assignments in battles against the Nazi invaders, Senior Sergeant Aleksey Petrovich Rogov was awarded the Order of Glory, 1st Class, becoming a full Cavalier of the Order of Glory.
He subsequently participated in the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation, in battles for the northern German province of Mecklenburg, and the Baltic Sea island of Rügen (then part of Germany’s Pomeranian Province). He celebrated Victory Day here.
In June 1945, Senior Sergeant Rogov participated in the historic Victory Parade on Red Square in Moscow, marching among the standard-bearers in the ranks of the combined regiment of the 2nd Belorussian Front. In 1945, Senior Sergeant A.P. Rogovwas demobilized and lived in the heroic city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Before retiring, he worked at the Mendeleyev Plant. He died on September 10, 1975. He is buried in the Southern Cemetery in St. Petersburg, maple plot 6.
He was awarded the Order of Glory, 1st (March 24, 1945) and 2nd (October 2, 1944)classes, two Orders of Glory, 3rd class (March 22, 1944, June 29, 1944), and medals.
In 1995, a street in the city of Kirillov in the Vologda Region was named after Rogov.
Two of Sgt. Rogov’s other Orders of Glory surfaced on a Russian forum, with some photos of them available in the gallery. These pieces are NOT part of this lot. How and why the group became separated remains unknown.
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