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Yes, that hapened. Even more often a double OG III was awarded which would later be upgraded to an OG II and the same happened with double OG II which were upgraded to OG I.

Thank you gentlemen. Much appreciated.

Will try to figure out more about Petr. Perhaps he even made it into Berlin. Will post here any update whenever I find out more about Petr's whereabouts...

Finally, modern comparison on the map. First map shows the area near Klessin (right bottom on the 88 Guards RD battle map), second map shows a bit bigger the area (with Malnov on the left bottom of...

A battle map from the 88 Guards Rifle Division from the fighting on April 16 1945, the day Petr earned his Order of Glory II, mentioning folwark Werder.

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Petr's Record card, mentioning both his Orders of Glory:

Name of the order or medal, Serial number, Number of the document, Ground of award:
- Order of Glory, 3rd Class, 355253, Temporary...

Later, while Petr was serving as submachine gunner in the 266 Guards Rifle Red Star and Suvorov Orders Regiment, 88 Guards Rifle “Zaporozhie” Red Banner Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Orders Division...

Petr, serving as sniper of the 2 Rifle Battalion, 266 Guards Rifle Red Star and Suvorov Orders Regiment, 88 Guards Rifle “Zaporozhie” Red Banner Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Orders Division was...

I recently already posted a pic from this medalbar but this hero deserves some more attention. So hereby I introduce Guards Jr. Sergeant Petr Fedorovich Petrukhnenko (Петр Федорович Петрухненко),...