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138th Rifle / 70th Guards Rifle Division Veteran Badge, 1980. During the Battle of
Stalingrad, the division was a part of the famed 62nd Army and held a tiny
bridgehead along the Volga near the Barrikady Factory. It was subsequently given
the Guards status for its heroic stand in Stalingrad. Awarded with the Order of
Lenin, two Order of the Red Banner, and Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Khmelnitsky
2nd cl. during WW2, the division was one of the most decorated units in the
Soviet army. VF / EXC condition.

Documents for the Capture of Koenigsberg and Capture of Berlin Medals to a
Private of the 1st Belorussian Front. He served in a very distinguished, highly
decorated rifle division that helped to neutralize the German 9th Army under Gen.
Wenck, Hitler's last hope in the Battle of Berlin. At the end of the war, it met
the Americans on the Elbe River.

50th Anniversary of the KGB, Table Medal in bronze by Leningrad Mint, with
Award Document, 1968. Issued exclusively to top leadership of KGB and CPSU.
According to the reference book by Shkurko and Stalykov, only 144 examples of
this medal were ever produced (the number quoted in the book seems to be too low
and may be a typo, but the medal in any case is quite scarce). Both the medal
and document are in excellent condition.

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st cl., Type 2 Var. 1, #56616, awarded in May
1944 to a Guards Lieut. for the liberation of Sevastopol. The first in his unit
to rise up and storm the enemy positions on Mount Sapun, he personally killed
8 German soldiers and although wounded, continued to lead his company until his
mission was complete. VF condition. Comes with archival research.

Stalino Medical Institute (SMI) 30th Anniversary, Graduate Badge, 1960. A very interesting piece: the city of Stalino (pre-revolutionary Yuzovka) was renamed Donetsk in 1961 during Khrushchev's "de-Stalinization" campaign; the institute was renamed Donetsk Medical Institute during the same year. The badge is thus one of the last to refer to the old name of both the city and school. EXC condition.

Group of 4 Campaign Medal Documents, a so-called "Danube Bow" to a Guards Sgt.
Includes certificates for the Medals for the Liberation of Belgrade, Capture of
Vienna and Budapest, and Victory over Germany. Three of the documents are signed
by the commanding general. Scarce and highly desirable WW2 set in VG/EXC
condition.

Order of Glory, 2nd cl., Type 1 ("Border Reverse"), #254, March 1944 tissue to an
Antitank Artillery Sergeant who later received an Order of Glory 1st cl. (a
Full Cavalier of all three Orders of Glory). He earned the 2nd class of the order
in a December 1943 skirmish in Belorussia when he in a single day destroyed 2
German tanks, 3 machine gun nests, and 25 enemy soldiers. VF / EXC condition.
Comes with archival research.

Zvaigzne (Star) Literary-Artistic Magazine, Latvian SSR, #19, 1951. Latvian fishermen buy cars and motorcycles; a collective farm builds their own hydroelectric power plant; Soviet statues adorn Latvian parks. Industry and agriculture flourish while America is plagued by Ku-Klux-Klan and American Gestapo - the FBI. Latvian text. VG condition.

Engineering Institute Graduate Badge, c. 1960s-70s. Leningrad mint version in brass w. wire attachment of the engineering emblem. This badge was issued to graduates of most Soviet "technical" institutes (higher level colleges) preparing engineering cadres for various industries incl. machine building, railroad transportation, mining etc. EXC condition.

Order of Glory, 3rd cl., #517965, belated Nov. 1945 award to a Sr. Sgt., former
machine gunner of the Northwestern Front who was severely injured in combat in
March 1942. The commendation was submitted in 1944 by an apparent former officer
of his unit; it provided a detailed description of the soldier's many combat
feats. The order is in outstanding condition. Comes with archival research.

Order of the Red Banner, Type 1 Var. 2 Sub-var. 2 ("Mirror Reverse"), #2953
awarded in 1938 to an Infantry Private for the Battle of Lake Khasan. A
very uncommon award, one of slightly over 2000 bestowed for that conflict.
Attractive unaltered piece in F/VF condition, far better than typical for such an
early issue. Comes with archival research.