Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare 1943 Stalin Prize Award Document, Joseph Stalin Signature United Republic of Officer's Cross: three-piece construction

Officer's Cross: three-piece construction

maker marked "4" (Steinhauer& Lück

The cover shows the handwritten word “Skizzenbuch” (sketch book)

The cuff of each sleeve is rolled up to a depth of 95 mm and held in place by a band of dark blue wool piping which has been machine-stitched to the tunic

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare 1943 Stalin Prize Award Document, Joseph Stalin Signature United Republic of Officer's Cross: three-piece constructionA rare award document to a recipient of the Stalin Prize, of multi piece off white card stock construction, the cover page bearing a gilt sickle and hammer intertwined with a laurel branch, the following page decorated with gilt and ink inscriptions indicating that the certificate was issued in 1943 by the Council of Peoples Commissars of the USSR, followed by an embossed national emblem, award title in gilt Russian Cyrillic, and inscription