Soviet Red Star High Serial number 3.675.868

[Alfred]

Red Star Number 3.675.868

awarded to: Owdijenko, Petr Saweljewitsch

9 Cavalry Division

take part in WWII from 10.1941 to 03.1943

Red Star for wounds in WWII, in hospital 1357 Machitschkala

awarded 07.05.1970

[Alfred]

invalid person, got disability pension

Edited November 23, 2006 by Alfred

[Gerd Becker]

Nice, Andreas. 9th Cavalry had an interesting raid in 1942 with the 1st Guard Cavalry Corps under General Belov against the German Heeresgruppe Mitte. The germans had to send no less than seven divisions to get them out of their rear area. If you really don?t want it, i?ll take it

Edited November 23, 2006 by Gerd Becker

[Alfred]

heavly wounded in the head through a bullet in the battle near Taganrog, he is nearly blind

disabled person 2 group

got disability benefits

Edited November 25, 2006 by Alfred

[Guest Rick Research]

And yet was still alive in 1970...

I cannot even imagine whjat sort of a life he must have had.

[NavyFCO]

A vast majority of the late Red Stars that I've researched (my other interest - other than posthumous awards, of course) were awarded to veterans who were seriously wounded. I have yet to put my finger on the difference between who received the postwar Glory and who received the postwar Red Star for wounds though and what made the difference.

Dave