Order of Glory, 3rd cl., #189418, awarded in December 1944 to a Guards Infantry Private for courage shown in the fighting in Latvia. This extremely courageous soldier spent nearly three years in constant combat, was wounded in the Battle of Kursk, and earned four combat decorations over the course of the war, but still had the rank of Private upon his discharge in 1945. The order is in very fine to excellent condition. Comes with archival research.

"Soldier's Glory", Volume 6. I. Roschin. C. 1982, Moscow. Russian text, hard cover, 255 pp.