Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Star and Medal for Combat Service, with Award Card United Republic of 8 mm (w) x 5

8 mm (w) x 5

A fascinating and largely razor-sharp collection of 14 private photographs from the interwar and Second World War period

(Nahkampfspange in Silber mit Verleihungsurkunde und Bilder)

1919 to No

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Star and Medal for Combat Service, with Award Card United Republic of 8 mm (w) x 5An Order of the Red Star. Type II. Constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a five pointed star, the obverse with red enamelled arms, bearing a central medallion overlaid by a Red Army soldier in full uniform and clutching a rifle, surrounded by a border bearing a raised Russian Cyrillic inscription of , ! (WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!), joined together at the bottom by initials (USSR), situated above a hammer and sickle the reverse with a