For carrying the wounded commander of the regiment's 2nd Squadron off the battlefield, Damberg was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

[3][1][2] Damberg graduated from the school in August 1922, and was assigned to the Bashkir Command Courses at Ufa as chief of its cavalry department.

In March 1938, then-Colonel Damberg was expelled from the Communist Party during the Great Purge for ties to an "enemy of the people."

Damberg was freed on 6 December and after being restored to the army in February 1939 appointed an instructor in the general tactics department of the Frunze Military Academy.

[3][1][2] Shortly after Germany invaded the Soviet Union, Damberg was appointed commander of the 28th Reserve Rifle Brigade on 6 July.

From May 1942 he served as deputy commander of the 15th Cavalry Corps of the Transcaucasus Front, stationed in Iran as part of the Soviet occupation forces there.

Damberg was wounded on 27 February and remained in the hospital until 20 March, then was appointed commander of the 48th Rifle Division of the Leningrad Front.

[3][1] In July he was transferred to command the 308th Latvian Rifle Division, forming in the Gorokhovets camps in the Moscow Military District.

With this division Major General Comrade Damberg went through all the battles on the territory of the Latvian SSR until the taking of the city of Riga.

In these actions he displayed courage and valor, which ensured the general success of the units of the corps in the offensive and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy in equipment and personnel.

For his exemplary fulfillment of combat objectives of the command for the destruction of the German-Fascist invaders on the approaches to Riga and in the battles for the liberation of Courland, personal bravery and courage, he is deserving of the state award of the Order of Suvorov, second class.

After the end of the war, Damberg continued to serve as corps deputy commander in the Baltic Military District.