The size is continental 6" x 4", the cancel, dated 12 February 1977, is of a Kiev post office branch. Published by the Ministry of Communications of the USSR, circulation unknown. The obverse features the Order for Service to the Motherland in the Soviet Armed Forces. The artists' names, A. Murakhin and G. Renkov, are printed in the upper left-hand corner on the verso. The typographically printed dedication is addressed to Prokofiy Savchuk and contains congratulations and best wishes on occasion of the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution and the 33rd anniversary of the WW2 Korsun

The size is continental 6" x 4", the cancel, dated 12 February 1977, is of a Kiev post office branch. Published by the Ministry of Communications of the USSR, circulation unknown. The obverse features the Order for Service to the Motherland in the Soviet Armed Forces. The artists' names, A. Murakhin and G. Renkov, are printed in the upper left-hand corner on the verso. The typographically printed dedication is addressed to Prokofiy Savchuk and contains congratulations and best wishes on occasion of the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution and the 33rd anniversary of the WW2 Korsun-Shevchenkovsky offensive, of which Savchuk was, apparently, a participant. The return address area shows the ink stamp of the Museum of the Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Battle.

In very good to excellent condition, showing minor soiling and minimal wear to the corners and edges, not very obvious or detractive.

The Korsun-Shevchenkovsky Operation was a Soviet offensive, part of the Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive, which lasted from 24 January to 16 February 1944 and led to the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket where Vatutin's 1st Ukrainian Front and Konev's 2nd Ukrainian Front tried to encircle and eradicate six divisions of Field Marshal Manstein's Army Group South. Even though the encirclement was not complete, the Red Army had a resounding victory which forced the German retreat from Ukraine three months later.
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