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Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd cl, Type 2, "Flatback" variation, #546970, March
1945 issue to a Guards Sgt. Major, T-34 tanker, 10th Volunteer Guards Tank
Corps, 1st Ukrainian Front. He and his crew destroyed a Panzer IV, two APCs, three
anti-tank guns and 36 German soldiers near Oppeln in Silesia. A T-70 crewman
earlier in the war, this highly decorated NCO was also awarded w. the Medal for
Valor, two Orders of the Red Star, and Order of the Patriotic War 1st cl. for
Stalingrad, Kursk, Lvov and Berlin. Comes with archival research.
Graduation Jetton of the 2nd Odessa Infantry Warrant Officer School in hallmarked
silver, gold and enamels by L. Pakhman, Odessa, 1916 (3rd Graduation Class).
Inscribed w. name of the original owner and date. Very impressive and complex
piece in VF/EXC condition, an unlikely survivor of the Revolution and Civil War.
Includes original hallmarked chain attachment.
Order of the Red Banner, 2nd Award, Type 5 Var. 1 Sub-var. 3, #25778, Oct. 1955
issue to a Naval Officer for length of service. During the war, he was in charge
of the artillery ammo warehouses of the White Sea Flotilla based out of
Arkhangelsk and protecting allied convoys. Superb condition. Comes with archival
research.
Order of Glory, 2nd cl., Type 3, #29560, June 1945 issue to Guards Sr. Sgt., an
Antitank Gun Commander, 3rd Belorussian Front. In March-April 1945 actions in East
Prussia, he and his crews eliminated scores of German soldiers and destroyed 2
artillery pieces and 2 machine guns. VF/EXC condition. After the war, he signed up
for service with NKVD and became a GULAG prison camp guard. Comes with archival
research.
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 3rd cl., Type 1, #3060, Dec. 1944 issue to a rifle
company commander, 1st Rifle Div., 2nd Belorussian Front. VF/EXC condition.
Awarded for leading an infantry assault near Warsaw in which his company captured
enemy trenches and he personally killed 3 German soldiers. Earlier that year, he
had earned a Red Star as a platoon commander in a Penal Company. Comes with
archival research.
Order of the Badge of Honor, Type 4, Var. 1, #235968, c. mid-1960s. Relatively scarce early "Hollow Back" version featuring hand-engraved serial number w/o underline. The workers have less "child-like" proportions than on the earlier versions. In excellent condition and includes original steel suspension.
Order of Kutuzov 2nd cl., Type 2 Var. 1 (w. 3 rivets), #1099, awarded in Sept.
1944 to a Maj. General, a Rifle Corps Commander, for holding a bridgehead on the
Dniester River against repeated enemy attacks. In the follow-up offensive, his
corps destroyed 3 Romanian infantry divisions, eliminated 10,000 Romanian and
German soldiers, captured 5,100 POWs, and seized 45 settlements. The recipient was
also awarded with the Order of Suvorov 2nd cl., Order of Lenin, and four Orders of
the Red Banner. Condition is superb, impossible to upgrade. Comes with
archival research and English-language biography.
Order for Service to the Homeland in the Soviet Armed Forces, 3rd cl., #114634,
with Award Document, awarded in 1988 to Chief of Electronic Warfare of a Fighter
Bomber Regiment stationed in Belorussia (later, in East Germany). The order
booklet is a very interesting 1992 issue, a Soviet leftover which still shows
Gorbachev's facsimile. EXC condition. Comes w. archival research.


























































































































































































