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Jetton of the First Agriculture and Cottage Industry Fair in Moscow, 1923. Rare
piece issued while Lenin was still alive, during the temporary NEP thaw which
allowed limited private entrepreneurship. The agricultural fair in Moscow later
received lavishly decorated fairgrounds and eventually became the famous permanent
VDNKh Exhibition. EXC condition.
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd cl., Type 2, by MZPP factory, #666715, w. a screw
post base added by the original manufacturer, c. early 1945. An extremely
interesting and rare piece: only a few other such MZPP specimens have been
observed, all in the same, very small serial number range. VF condition.
Medal for Combat Service, Type 1 on a replacement Type 2 suspension, #243296, Apr.
1943 award to a 19-years-old horse-mounted dispatch runner of a rifle
division, Western Front. Later, he earned an Order of the Red Star as commander of
an ISU-122 self-propelled gun during the Bagration Offensive. Comes with archival
research.
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd cl., Type 2, Krasnokamsk Mint "Starback", #244720,
Aug. 1944 award to a lieutenant in the 10th Guards Kuban Cossack Cavalry
Division, one of the most illustrious of all Soviet cavalry units. He showed
audacity and skills while leading machine gun squadrons at Slutsk and Baranovichi
during the Bagration Offensive in Belorussia. EXC condition; includes archival
research.
Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd cl., Type 2, Leningrad Mint "Concave Reverse"
version without mint mark, #105690, August 1944. Only a few dozen of
this exceptionally rare variation were made. The recipient, an ethnic Armenian
artilleryman NCO, earned the award in fighting in Pskov region near the Latvian
border. VF condition. Includes archival research.
Order of the Red Banner, Type 1, Var. 2, Sub-var. 3 ("Mirror Reverse"), #11609,
March 1940 issue to an artillery jr. lieutenant for storming the Mannerheim
Line during Winter War against Finland. . Wounded in action 3 times during the
Finnish campaign, the recipient later fought against the Finns and Germans in the
Patriotic War, was wounded again, and earned 2 more decorations. The order is in
fine unaltered condition, very respectable for the early "Mirror back" version.
Comes with archival research including a very uncommon commendation for the 1940
Order of the Red Banner.
Group of 4 Award Documents and Greetings to Hero of the Soviet Union including Document for a 62nd / 8th Guards Army Veteran Badge hand-
signed by Marshal Chuikov, 1960s-80s. The recipient, an Airborne Sergeant, earned the title of Hero in the battle of Kiev, which was catastrophic for the Red Army. He was among the first to become an HSU during the war.