Russia, Soviet Union. A Pair of Awards for Military Merit Auction This medal is one among

This medal is one among few awarded to a serving senior political appointee

marked L/59 for Alois Rettenmaier

Snider with a strength of 33 officers and 1

along with scattered contact marks

Russia, Soviet Union. A Pair of Awards for Military Merit Auction This medal is one amongA pair of awards, including: 1. An Order of the Red Star, Type II, constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a five pointed star, the obverse with red enameled arms, bearing a central medallion overlaid by a Red Army soldier in full uniform and clutching a rifle, surrounded by a border bearing a raised Russian Cyrillic inscription of , ! (WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!), joined together at the bottom by initials (USSR), situated above a hammer