Greece, Republic. An Academy of Athens Research Award, Angel Balevski 1977 Province of China in silvered cast zink

in silvered cast zink

blade is very rusted

with a central Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika on a pebbled background

Legion of Merit

Greece, Republic. An Academy of Athens Research Award, Angel Balevski 1977 Province of China in silvered cast zinkAwarded by the Academy of Athens, the highest research institute in Greece, featuring a 34 link collar each with green and black enamel, with center medallion presenting left facing bust of Athena, representing wisdom and intellectual progress, surrounded by green enameled laurels, reverse with a plain field and engraved and dedicated to Angel Balevski who was the recipient of the rare Soviet Lomonosov Gold Medal, measuring 51 mm (w) x 75 mm (h