Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal For the Restoration of the Black Metallurgy Enterprises of the South, with Award Card visually-hidden A 1st Special Service Forces

A 1st Special Service Forces Collar Badge

Unmarked - In silvered tombac

chipping and repair evident in the white enamels on the reverse centrepiece and on the arms on both sides

He was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of science by the University of New Brunswick in 1916

with a red wool backer and a horizontal ribbon bar pinback

Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal For the Restoration of the Black Metallurgy Enterprises of the South, with Award Card visually-hidden A 1st Special Service ForcesConstructed of gilded brass, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal backplate, unmarked, measuring 32. 33 mm in diameter, accompanied by its original award card, constructed of card stock, the interior bearing a handwritten dedication to Yuri Vasilievich Yandovsky, dated 25 February 1950, measuring 8 cm (w) x 10. 5 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.