Russia – Soviet: An Order of the Red Star and Defence of the Caucasus group of 3 medals awarded to Deputy Head for Political Affairs Fyodor Nikolayevich Petrenko, 7thMobile Railroad Vehicle Repair Depot for his part in repairing 2993 vehicles and saving the Red Army 750,000 Rubles by manufacturing spare parts.
Group of 3: Order of the Red Star, type 2, without screw post plate and with semi flared edges, numbered 1079160; Medal for the Defence of the Caucasus; Medal for the Victory over Germany. The last two mounted for wear.
Condition: Good very fine
Fyodor Nikolayevich Petrenko was born in Kirovograd, Ukraine in 1906. Attaining a secondary education, he joined the Communist Party in 1941 and served in the Red Army between June 1941 and May 1946.
Having served during the Defence of the Caucasus, Petrenko would go on to win this Order of the Red Star by Order of the 4th Air Army on 23rd February 1945 on the back of the following recommendation:
‘Comrade Petrenko has been serving as deputy head for political affairs of the 7th Mobile Railroad Vehicle Repair Depot since 1943. The depot’s crew forms a tight-knit unit and the party-political work among the men is conducted in a purpose-driven fashion. The men have been roused to execute their assigned tasks, carrying out vehicle repairs. As a result, since 1943 the repair procedures for 116 types of vehicles have been mastered, 2993 vehicles have been repaired for the army, and more than 750 thousand rubles worth of vehicle spare parts of various kinds have been manufactured.
The depot puts a great deal of effort into coming up with innovative and more efficient methods, which enabled the depot to greatly conserve resources during its production process.
At an exhibition of the 2nd Belarussian Front during which efficiency improvements were demonstrated, the 7th Mobile Railroad Vehicle Repair Depot came in third.
Comrade Petrenko possesses willpower, he is ideologically sound, and he is morally stalwart.
He deserves the Order of the Red Star.’
This was to be Petrenko’s only decoration, and after the war he was in post as the Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party Committee of the city of Kirovoograd whilst living at 35 Aviatsionnaya Street in the city.
