Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade, with Budapest Liberation Date Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 236 mm (w) x

measuring 236 mm (w) x 175 mm (h)

with some crazing evident in the white enamels on the centrepiece and surface chipping on some of the enamelled rays

maker marked “RZM 46” for “Wilhelm Schröder & Co

one of which is missing

(Ordre du Mérite Agricole)

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade, with Budapest Liberation Date Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic measuring 236 mm (w) x( ). Constructed of brass, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to an aluminum pentagonal backplate with a horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon and at the top by a five pointed star, surrounding a central inscription of , the reverse bearing a raised date of 13 1945 (13 FEBRUARY 1945, the date of the liberation of Budapest, typically applied to