Russia, Soviet Union. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Distinguished Military and Labour Service Archive the reverse with the initials

the reverse with the initials of the recipient hand scratched in place

the lanyard measuring 450 mm in total length

each featuring brief content concerning the latter’s trial and imprisonment on manslaughter charges (owing to the execution of deserters during the Second World War) after his patriation to West Germany following incarceration for war crimes in both the Soviet Union and East Germany and prior to his release on 4 August 1960 (ironically timed with von Manteuffel’s own 18 month prison sentence

and a NSFK membership certificate

Only twenty-three years old

Russia, Soviet Union. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Distinguished Military and Labour Service Archive the reverse with the initialsA mixed lot of awards, including: 1. An Order of Glory, Type II, III Class, constructed of silver with enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal backplate, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Spasskaya Tower, situated within a wheat stalk wreath which is joined together at the bottom by a red enameled banner bearing a silvered inscription of (GLORY), the reverse bearing central raised