Paper booklet measuring 3" x 4". The front cover shows the name of the council of veterans of the Northwestern Front, issuing the badge and document, and the word CERTIFICATE. The left page inside shows the image of the badge, the medallion of which shows an armed soldier and inscription "Veteran of the Northwestern Front, 1941-1943." The certificate on the right-side page bears the facsimile signature of the Chairman of the Veterans' Council Hero of the Soviet Union General of the Army P. Kurochkin and dated 18 June 1974.

In very good to excellent condition, showing minor wrinkle

Paper booklet measuring 3" x 4". The front cover shows the name of the council of veterans of the Northwestern Front, issuing the badge and document, and the word CERTIFICATE. The left page inside shows the image of the badge, the medallion of which shows an armed soldier and inscription "Veteran of the Northwestern Front, 1941-1943." The certificate on the right-side page bears the facsimile signature of the Chairman of the Veterans' Council Hero of the Soviet Union General of the Army P. Kurochkin and dated 18 June 1974.

In very good to excellent condition, showing minor wrinkled and a couple of stains at the bottom edge, not obscuring any text of graphic.

The Northwestern Front ("Front" being a Russian term for Army Group) was one of the sole two original fronts (the other being the Northern front) created with the purpose of combating the Finnish forces. The front included the 8th, 11th, and 27th armies at the time of its formation, along with the Air Force of the Baltic region. Initially in 1941, the Northwestern Front was responsible for combating the troops of the German Army Groups "North" and "Center", the latter of which being the strongest of the three groups comprising the Nazi forces in the war. More specifically, the front was to split the German 18th and 16th armies and support the Volkhov and Leningrad Fronts at the Siege of Leningrad. It was also to conduct a southwestern thrust toward the city of Vitebsk. In 1941, the front seized the city of Staraya Russa, an important communications center, but could not maintain control. Later, troops returned to reclaim the city in what turned into an 880-day effort. In 1942, the front sought to sever the communication line of the German 16th Army, which was the Staraya Russa railway, though the Germans resisted this offensive. Finally, in 1943, the front was successful in Staraya Russa when it encircled the Wehrmacht's II Army Corp in the Demyansk Pocket as part of the Toropets-Kohlm Offensive.
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