Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Participant’s Badge for Stalin’s Harvest Campaign visually-hidden traces of the original gilded

traces of the original gilded finish remaining on the insignia around the eye sockets and nose framework on the skull

James Wolfe and Edward Whitmore

The interior crown of the Shako has a printed manufacturer’s label with in black and red with off-white script that includes the manufacture’s name and location

Republic: Basic Paratrooper Badge (in bronze gilt with light blue and white enamels

on a field green wool base

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Participant’s Badge for Stalin’s Harvest Campaign visually-hidden traces of the original gildedConstructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white enameled shield, bearing a raised tractor from which two wheat stalks emanate, surrounding a central raised inscription of (TO A PARTICIPANT IN STALINS CAMPAIGN FOR A HIGH HARVEST), all topped by a red enameled star, the reverse with a threaded screw post and original nut, unmarked, measuring 31 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), demonstrating minor surface flecking and scratching