Medal for Service to the Socialist Motherland, 1st cl. (in gold), RPR issue, 1960s. In very fine to excellent condition.

Art School (Khudozhestvennoe Uchilische) graduate badge, late single-piece version by the Leningrad Mint, circa 1980s.

Cigarette Case in silver-plated brass with Soviet Patriotic Motif, circa late 1930s. Features very attractive artwork in distinctive pre-war style. Very good to excellent condition.

Medal of Soldier's Bravery, 1st cl. in gilded brass and enamels, circa 1960s. One of the early RPR medals, it was established in 1959 and apparently issued fairly sparingly. In excellent condition.

Military Academy graduation badge, circa 1957-60. Early issue in silver which was produced for only a few years prior to the much more common Neusilber version. Excellent condition.

Highest Academy of Arts (Vysshee Khudozhestvennoe Uchilische), graduate badge, circa 1980s. Late version by the Leningrad Mint in Excellent condition.

Air Force Pilot badge, 1st cl., 1966 type. Attractive Cold War-era wings in excellent condition.

Medal for Military Merit, 1st cl., RSR issue from 1970s-1989, with original case of issue and ribbon bar. The entire set is in near mint condition.

Tudor Vladimirescu Medal, 1st cl., 1966-1989. In near mint condition.

Medal for Service to the Socialist Motherland, 2nd cl. (in silver), RPR issue, 1960s. Excellent condition.

Original Issue Pouch for the 1949 Medal for Liberation from Fascist Yoke. A highly uncommon item in very good condition.

Order for Outstanding Service to the State, 3rd cl., 1970s-80s. This order was usually issued to Securitate state security officers and therefore commonly known as "Order of Securitate". In excellent condition, uncommon for this decoration.

Wall Cross of the Crucified Christ in bronze and polychrome enamels (3 colors), circa XIX C. In good overall condition. Measures 11 x 17 cm (4.5" x 6 3/4").

Russian Orthodox Icon of Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow (Икона Божией Матери "Всех Скорбящих Радость"), in bronze, circa XVIII - early XX C. Nicely detailed small-size (5 x 7 cm) icon in very good condition.

Russian Orthodox Icon of Christ, in bronze, XVIII C. The reverse shows a year of manufacture in Church Slavonic style, apparently 1735. Extremely uncommon, beautiful and well-preserved piece in high relief.

Small Russian Orthodox Icon of the Miracle of St. Nicholas, circa XIX- early XX C. In bronze and blue enamel, measures 2.25" x 2". In good condition.

Four-Panel Bronze Traveling Icon (Складень), circa XIX C. A massive and impressive piece of Russian iconic art measuring 41 x 17 cm (16" x 6.5") unfolded and weighing over 2 lb. In very good condition

Order for Military Merit, 1st cl., RSR issue, with original fitted case of issue, 1965-1989. Excellent condition.

Order for Military Merit, 2nd cl., RSR issue, 1965-1989. Excellent condition.

Medal for 20th Anniversary of RKKA, 1938. A very attractive example in excellent condition.

Order of the Red Star, Type 7, Var. 2, Sub-var. 1, #3203832, circa mid-1950s. Excellent example.

Druzhinnik Armband, worn by civilian volunteers who helped the uniformed police with traffic control, circa 1980. In mint unissued condition, with original paper tag of a Soviet factory still attached.

Army (Land Forces) officer dress dagger, dated 1957. This is one of the last Soviet Army ZIK daggers made before production was discontinued during the following year. Extremely attractive piece with medium- to dark-toned grip, in excellent condition.

50th Anniversary of the Belomor Canal, table medal in bronze, 1985 issue. Built by the prisoners of GULAG labor camps, this strategic waterway connected the White Sea and Baltic Sea. After the construction was completed in 1933, it was celebrated as one of the greatest achievements of Soviet industrial program, even though it cost thousands of lives of slave laborers. The table medal commemorating the construction was struck at the Leningrad Mint in 1985 (with a two years delay), and only 850 of them were ever made. The medal is in excellent condition.

Medal for 80th Anniversary of the October Revolution. One of the alternative medals.

Medal for Distinguished Labor, Type 2 Var. 2, sub-variation with a flat eyelet, circa 1950s-60s. In excellent condition, comes on original brass suspension.

Russian Orthodox "Old Believers'" Baptismal Cross, circa XIX C. In bronze and polychrome enamel. Very good to excellent condition.

Russian Orthodox Icon of Dormition of Theotokos (Virgin Mary) in Bronze and Enamels, mid to late XIX Century. A beautifully detailed piece with artwork in very high 3-d format and enamels of four different colors. Measures approx. 3.5"x 4". In very good condition.

Medal for the Defense of Leningrad, Var. 1, extremely early sub-variation with "Short Horizon", circa 1942-43. In very fine to excellent condition; includes original WW2 suspension with nicely preserved old ribbon.

Excellent Railway Administrator badge, mid 1940s. One of the harder to find badges of the Soviet WW2 railroad proficiency series. In excellent condition and includes WW2 era NKPS screw plate.

Medal for the Capture of Berlin, Var. 2 (U-shaped ring), late 1940s - early 50s. Excellent example on original suspension.

300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty Medal, 1913. An attractive example in very fine condition.

Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, Short Biography, State Political Literature Publishing House, Moscow, 1947 lifetime edition. In near mint condition.

50th Anniversary of the Lenin Uralelektrotyazhmash Factory in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Table Medal in bronze, 1984. Excellent condition.

Excellent MVD Border Guard, relief reverse variation, 1953 - 1957. In very fine condition, above average for the scarce MVD version.

Voronezh Intermediate-Level Special Police School (VSShM), graduate badge, circa early- to mid-1980s. Excellent quality and condition.

St. George Cross for Bravery, 3rd cl. in silver, #165345, circa early to mid-1917. In fine to very fine condition.

Medal for 800th Anniversary of Moscow, Var. 1, 1947. In outstanding condition; includes original two-piece suspension in brass with perfectly preserved old ribbon. This very attractive award is the first Soviet non-military medal established after the end of WW2.

Communist Afghanistan Army officer hat badge for a full dress visor hat, larger 60 mm version, 1980-87. Early model featuring a book of Koran. In very fine condition.

Gold "Hammer and Sickle" Medal of Hero of Socialist Labor, Type 2 Var. 3, #15855, with original case of issue, awarded in April 1971 to a railway wagon factory worker in the city of Kremenchug, Ukraine. In very fine to excellent condition, an attractive piece free of significant flaws.

50th Anniversary of the First Main Directorate of KGB (aka Sluzhba Vneshnei Razvedki or Foreign Intelligence Service), commemorative badge, 1970. Extremely scarce commemorative award of the spying branch of the Soviet Committee for State Security. Excellent condition.

Order of the Red Banner of Labor, Type 6, Var. 2, # 493279 circa 1966-67 issue. A distinctive version with conical rivets from the first series by the Leningrad Jewelry Factory. Excellent condition.