speedytop Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Hi, is anybody able, to read the rank and the name of the recepient? Thank you! My mother, my three older brothers and I left Treptow (Трептов) on 04. March 1945, while Soviet tanks arrived on the southern outskirts of the city. Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickstrenk Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Gefreiter Sukheckij Petr Romanovich Lance Corporal=Gefreiter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 I would rather transcribe it as Sukhetskiy because it's much more accurate to pronounce it like that in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 Thank you both very much. I try to pronounce it in German. Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egorka Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 SUKHETSKIY Petr Romanovich, 1926. A pontoon layer of the 108 separate pontoon battalion, 18 motorised engineer brigade, 2 Guards tank army. He received a Bravery medal for the battle of Berlin after 16 April for constructing the pontoon bridge across Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal and passing 27 tanks to the other bank, while under enemy fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 10 hours ago, Egorka said: SUKHETSKIY Petr Romanovich, 1926. A pontoon layer of the 108 separate pontoon battalion, 18 motorised engineer brigade, 2 Guards tank army. He received a Bravery medal for the battle of Berlin after 16 April for constructing the pontoon bridge across Spandauer Schifffahrtskanal and passing 27 tanks to the other bank, while under enemy fire. You are really the best when it comes to research! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 Egorka, that is excellent! Thank you so much. Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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