Russia – Soviet: An interesting Liberation of Estonia Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class to Master Sergeant Mikhail Sergeyevich Stogov, Ammunition supply platoon leader in the 803rd Independent Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment, 2nd Shock Army, for supply

Russia – Soviet: An interesting Liberation of Estonia Order of the Patriotic War 2^nd Class to Master Sergeant Mikhail Sergeyevich Stogov, Ammunition supply platoon leader in the 803^rd Independent Antiaircraft Artillery Regiment, 2^nd Shock Army, for supplying ammunition under fire during the crossing of the Narva River near the town of Pilka.

Order of the Patriotic War 2^nd Class, type 2, flatback reverse, numbered 360821

Condition: Good very fine

Master Sergeant Mikhail Sergeyevich Stogov was born in the village of Nadezhdino, Pogoreloye Raion, Kalinin Oblast in 1896, he served with the Red Army from June 1941 onwards, initially as part of the Leningrad Front where he served between 1941 and 1944, earning the Medal for the Defence of Leningrad by a decree of 22^nd December 1942.

Later transferring to 2^nd Belarussian Front, Stogov was awarded this Order of the Patriotic War 2^nd Class by Order of 2^nd Shock Army on 26^th January 1945, whilst he was serving as the Ammunition Supply Platoon Leader in the 803^rd Independent Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment. The citation for this award was as follows:

‘During the crossing of the Narva River and the fighting for Soviet Estonia he displayed personal bravery and courage. Near the town of Pilka, where our battery was engaged in battle and destroyed up to a company of infantry, he personally supplied the battery with ammunition in an excellent manner, despite being subjected to heavy rifle and machine-gun fire.

During the liberation of Poland, our ally, he always supplied the units with all ammunition they required.

Through his selfless efforts he ensured that the regiment’s combat mission could be carried out successfully.'

Signed by the Commander of the 803^rd Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Slabkovksy

Stogov was awarded the Medal for the Victory over Germany in May 1945, he was subsequently working as the Chief of the Lathe Department of the Institute Experimental Medicine, Academy of Sciences of the USSR and living at 64 Kirovsky ‘Kirov’ Avenue, Apartment 356, Leningrad.