Russia, Imperial. A Cossack Chokha Auction Footnote: The Medal for the

Footnote: The Medal for the Capture of Koenigsberg was established by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on June 9

the left collar tab displays two diagonally oriented silvered aluminum rank pips (all prongs intact on the reverse)

a ground target taken with a camera gun

Naming is engraved in large capitals

Russia, Imperial. A Cossack Chokha Auction Footnote: The Medal for theA rare and very well preserved Imperial period Cossack chokha, constructed of black wool. The shoulders are flanked by boards constructed of golden yellow wool with a buckram core, and which are topped by silver aluminum wire tresses bisected by a single length of red machine emroidered piping and pinned with dual gilded stars (corresponding to an Imperial Army rank of Podporuchik). Each measuring 62 mm (w) x 145 mm (l), the boards are affixed in