Russia, Soviet Union. Two Awards And Three Booklets Archive ISBN 0-471-24945-9

ISBN 0-471-24945-9

size stamped "55" with a neighbouring "5" in black ink near the front

and is commemorated on page 458 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

All secreted within a period original airmail envelope

an insignia HJ district triangle "West Westfalen"

Russia, Soviet Union. Two Awards And Three Booklets Archive ISBN 0-471-24945-9Includes: 1. Gold Star Medal of Hero of the Soviet Union ( ). Instituted in 1939. In bronze gilt, measuring 28. 5 mm (w) x 30. 2 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, exhibiting contact marks on the reverse, along with scattered gilt wear overall, suspended from a ribboned rectangular hanger with screwback. 2. Medal for the Defence of the Soviet Polar Regions (Arctic) ( ()). Instituted in 1944. In brass, measuring 28. 5 mm (w) x 30. 2 mm (h)