09-27-2012, 12:46 PM
OPW1
Reason for awarding the BM (which I unforunately don't have - not sure what happened to it, probably the seller didn't have it as I spent a lot of money to reunite what was left of this group):
"During the summer fights of 1943 acting boldly he would go ahead of the infantry lines patiently revealing enemy firing points.He revealed many enemy firing points. From the number of the firing points revealed by prvt. Osipov 20 machinegun nests were destroyed, which prevented our infantry from advancing and fire of the 2nd artillery battery and 81mm mortar company was directed."
Reason for awarding the BM (which I unforunately don't have - not sure what happened to it, probably the seller didn't have it as I spent a lot of money to reunite what was left of this group):
"During the summer fights of 1943 acting boldly he would go ahead of the infantry lines patiently revealing enemy firing points.He revealed many enemy firing points. From the number of the firing points revealed by prvt. Osipov 20 machinegun nests were destroyed, which prevented our infantry from advancing and fire of the 2nd artillery battery and 81mm mortar company was directed."
