Russian Medals: Sergeant Mikhail Petrovich Katsion, 90th Rif...

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Russian Medals: Sergeant Mikhail Petrovich Katsion, 90th Rifle Regiment, 95th Rifle Division, awarded the Order of Glory for suppressing two enemy heavy machine guns and killing seven Germans
Order of Glory, 3rd Class, reverse numbered 637908
Medal for Courage, reverse numbered 3064452
Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw
Medal for the Capture of Berlin
Medal for the Victory over Germany
Medal for the 30th Anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy
Medal for Combat Merit, mounted for wearing, with copied research.
Order of Glory by order of the 95th Rifle Division nr. 049/N of August 16, 1945. 'On 20th April 1945 during the fighting for the two of Markendorf, comrade Katsion picked a favourable firing position for his machine gun under heavy artillery and mortar fire. Firing with great precision, he suppressed two enemy heavy machine guns and killed seven Germans. Even though he was wounded, he did not abandon the battlefield until the battle was over.' Sergeant Mikhail Petrovich Katsion was born in 1926 in the Kiev Province. He joined the Red Army in September 1943 and served on the Belorussian Front from October 1944.

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