Russia, Soviet Union. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Labour Service visually-hidden 1st Baronet GCB GCMG GCVO

1st Baronet GCB GCMG GCVO PC (July 18

with a Paris campaign clasp

suspension on this example had been cut-off

Offered is an excellent example of a Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Steinhauer & Lück of Lüdenscheid

with Botham achieving the rank of Petty Officer one week later

Russia, Soviet Union. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Labour Service visually-hidden 1st Baronet GCB GCMG GCVOA mixed lot 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