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"Fontanka" has helped return the medal "For Courage", which he was awarded the first, and then his family searched for more than 60 years. An employee of one of the St. Petersburg restaurants accidentally discovered it in the sand, brought for the construction work two years ago, but failed to find the owners of the coin is only now, when the young man turned to reporters.

Award accidentally found in the sand, brought to strengthen the summer terrace of a restaurant in St. Petersburg in the spring of 2009. Pick up an old, worn medal waiter Alex told "Fontanka" that once decided, it certainly should be returned to the owner or, after so many years, even though his family. In the two years that have passed since then, Alex has become almost an expert in numismatics and was able to determine that they found it was awarded a medal during the war (after the award has undergone some changes in the appearance). I searched the forums, talked with knowledgeable people, trying to give discovery to the police, where it was not accepted by sending a young man to the military. However, in the military on Vasilyevsky Island to Walker did not show proper attention.

Some time ago, the journalists learned about Alexei "Fontanka". Referring to the Western Military District, we were able to establish that this reward was awarded nearly 66 years ago. Just a day from the main military archive came the answer: this medal "For Courage" was awarded to Anatoly Efremovich Osjukhina 14 April 1945 in accordance with the order of the commander of 37 Guards Rifle Corps Svirsky Army 9 3 Ukrainian Front. [next]

Anatol Efremovich was born in 1917, told "Fontanka" in the secondary cooling zone, before the war, he lived in the center of Leningrad on the street Nekrasov, 2 in 1939 was drafted into the army Smolninskiy military enlistment office. The war began with a corporal in the first days of June, the 41st, was wounded twice (in December 1941 and September 1944). Great Patriotic War ended in 128 separate sapper Demining Svirsky Guards Red Banner Guards Svir Battalion 37 Infantry Corps.

"Fontanka" failed to contact the widow of a veteran. As told to Anne V., her husband, it was almost 35 years ago. However, the lost coin, she knows, however, under what circumstances it was lost, is now no longer remember. According to her, in life Anatoly Efremovich relatives said that it is necessary to look for a reward, and after his death Search took his brother Michael. We reviewed all the memorials which have been awarded and Anatoly Efremovich and herself - as a Member of the war, but the medal "For Courage" was not found.

Finding Alexis, which convey the widow of a hero on the eve of Victory Day is going to personally commander of the Western Military District Arkady Bakhin will be a good gift not only for Anna Vasilyevna, but for her daughter, who on May 9 to celebrate its 60th anniversary, as well as numerous grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren of the hero.

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