Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge certificate_of_authenticity Republic: Medal for Victory and

Republic: Medal for Victory and Freedom (in bronze gilt

in bronze gilt with enamels riveted eagle

he received the medal with 1866 clasp while with the 14th Battalion "Princess of Wales' Own Regiment"

on loan to the Royal Canadian Navy

1919 in Montreal

Russia, Soviet Union. An “Excellence in Socialist Competition of the Ministry of Coal Industry of the USSR” Badge certificate_of_authenticity Republic: Medal for Victory andConstructed of bronze and enamels, depicting a coal worker holding a pneumatic hammer in one hand while wielding a flag bearing a profile of Stalin and Lenin looking left, the reverse with a threaded screw post and a non matching screw plate, unmarked, measuring 27. 11 mm (w) x 39. 9 mm (l), in fine condition.