Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal Bar for a Distinguished Second World War Combatant Newly Listed with warping of eagles heads

with warping of eagles heads

with Sir Herbert Plumer writing as under to General Keary on May 2nd: "Will you please convey to the Brigadiers

I Class Officer’s Cross for 25 Years

the exterior bearing a finely-detailed and hand-painted scene of a group of Pickelhaube-clad German soldiers overrunning a pair of entrenched French soldiers

constructed of cardboard-reinforced dark blue wool and bearing four bands of interwoven silver aluminum wire piping

Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal Bar for a Distinguished Second World War Combatant Newly Listed with warping of eagles headsA medal bar for a distinguished Second World War combatant featuring six decorations, including: 1. An Order of the Red Banner, Type IV, constructed of a silver with gilt and enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse consisting of a gilded circular wreath, joined together at the bottom by a red enameled banner bearing silvered initials , surrounding a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a bayonet, hammer,