Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Patriotic War, I. Class, Type II, c. 1943 Newly Listed horizontal pinback with hook attachment

horizontal pinback with hook attachment

in Gold and with enamels

RZM tagged - stamped “134” and numbered “No 292754” on the reverse

Brown was transferred to the Army Ordnance Corps on January 29

If he didn’t die in action

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Patriotic War, I. Class, Type II, c. 1943 Newly Listed horizontal pinback with hook attachment( Orden Otechestvennoy Voyny). Instituted May 20th, 1942. (c. 1943 issue). Of three piece construction of Gold, silver, and gilded silver, consisting of a red enameled five pointed star with Gold straight rays (denoting I. Class) as well as a crossed saber and Mosin rifle in between the arms of the cross, with a central circular red enamelled medallion bearing a crossed Hammer and Sickle insignia in Gold, surrounded by a white enamelled ring inscribed