Russia, Soviet Union. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Labour Service visually-hidden with Botham achieving the rank

with Botham achieving the rank of Petty Officer one week later

significant numbers of the defenders were withdrawn by sea or escaped overland toward the west and the Japanese base around Salamaua and Lae

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

with a Paris campaign clasp

Russia, Soviet Union. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Labour Service visually-hidden with Botham achieving the rankA 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