Russia, Soviet Union. An Order Of Lenin, Type Vi, Variation Ii, In Gold And Platinum Auction A group of five Third

A group of five Third Reich period insignia

1940 (London Gazette 5390

with the forehead perforated by ventilation holes

Gillespie was six times mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 19 October 1914

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order Of Lenin, Type Vi, Variation Ii, In Gold And Platinum Auction A group of five ThirdInstituted April 6, 1930 by the Central Executive Committee. In Gold and Platinum, the obverse features a leftward facing platinum profile Lenin surrounded by a wheat wreath with a red enamelled star at 9 oclock, red enamelled hammer and sickle at 6 oclock, and a red enamelled flag from 12 to 4 oclock inscribed (Lenin), the reverse bears the Monetny Dvor Mint Mark and is engraved 419563, measures 38. 25mm (w) x 45. 15mm (h inclusive of integral