Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR, Type I Archive soiling and wear evident on

soiling and wear evident on the exterior

Pinned into the centre of the cap band is an insignia in the form of an aluminum oak leaf wreath around a tri-coloured cockade

9th April 1917 (Vimy Ridge) and 7th November 1917

Also better than very fine

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR, Type I Archive soiling and wear evident on( ). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal brass plate with a horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of a border guard wearing a greatcoat and wielding a PPSh 41 submachine gun, flanked by a border marker and situated against a mountainous backdrop, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of (FOR DISTINCTION IN PROTECTION OF THE STATE BORDERS), situated above a semi