brian1978 Posted October 30, 2018 Posted October 30, 2018 Just recently obtained this nice group of soviet awards. OGPW 1st class, medal for bravery and Order of Glory III grade. The OGPW was awarded for stopping the counterattack of German tanks. Sgt. Potapov destroyed 5 German medium tanks (Pz IV or T-4) in Zaporozhye region Ukraine. Unfortunately Sgt. Potapov died of his wounds (according to pamyat naroda site) on May 21st 1944.
Paul R Posted November 2, 2018 Posted November 2, 2018 Wow. This is a perfect valor group. Congratulations! So the OGPW 1st class was posthumous?
brian1978 Posted November 10, 2018 Author Posted November 10, 2018 I'm not sure if it was. He was gravely wounded (skull wound) in January of 1944 and received order of glory III class for that battle. According to pamyatnaroda he died of his wounds in May of 1944. Cause of death Asphyxia:-(
Paul R Posted November 14, 2018 Posted November 14, 2018 Asphyxia- Several possible really bad reasons for this even months after a significant head injury.
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