07-27-2014, 11:40 PM
Gents,
Guards Sergeant G. I. Lomakin was a sapper squad commander in the 17th Guards Rifle Regiment, 5th Guards Rifle Division. Nominated for HSU in April 1945 for action along the Baltic Sea, it was eventually downgraded to an OBKIII. As we know, awards of the OBKIII to enlisted men were not that common.
That's his son holding his wartime gimnasterka in the second image.
Regards,
slava1stclass
Guards Sergeant G. I. Lomakin was a sapper squad commander in the 17th Guards Rifle Regiment, 5th Guards Rifle Division. Nominated for HSU in April 1945 for action along the Baltic Sea, it was eventually downgraded to an OBKIII. As we know, awards of the OBKIII to enlisted men were not that common.
That's his son holding his wartime gimnasterka in the second image.
Regards,
slava1stclass
