USSR PATRIOTIC WAR ORDER Second-class badge in 800°/°° silve - Lot 298

USSR PATRIOTIC WAR ORDER Second-class badge in 800°/°° silver, 14K (585°/°°) gold and enamel, of the first type, numbered 6267. Rectangular suspension and attachment tongue, with thumbwheel marked Monnaie. Height (badge alone): 47 mm. Length: 42 mm. Gross weight (without wheel): 31.5 g. (Damage and missing parts, ribbon not in conformity). Provenance: according to the central archives of the Russian Ministry of Defense, this badge was presented on January 29, 1943 to Lieutenant-Colonel of the Guard Petr Ivanovitch PETRENKO (17/12/1916- ?) of the 9th Guards Rifle Brigade for the following facts: "... in the difficult moments of a fierce battle, near the village of Kizlyar, the second battery was transferred. During the fighting, the battery's commander and military commissar, comrade P.I. Petrenko, took command and, thanks to his mortar fire and all-out defense, personally repelled the enemy battalion's attack without retreating a step. He simultaneously destroyed one heavy and three light machine guns, as well as around sixty soldiers and officers. He deserves the Patriotic War Order, second degree".