Lot 1841
Soviet Awards. Lot of two framed pieces. 1. Grouping of seven medals awarded to Naum Fedorovich Milner, manager of a Leningrad factory complex, mounted and framed to 25 x 14". In order of receipt the medals are: Red Banner of Labor (1934 early screwback), Medal for the Defense of Leningrad (1943), Order of the Red Banner of Labor (ribbon suspension), Medal for Valiant Labor During the Great Patriotic War (1945), the Order of Lenin (the USSR's highest honor), two All Union Exhibition of National Economy Achievement Medals (1967 and 1968) and the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad commemorative medal. All awards are identified, professionally mounted and framed, along with Milner's ID book, his "Orders Book" and The Citation for the Defense of Leningrad Medal (signed by Bubnov, an NKVD official and Secretary of the Executive Committee).
2. The second framed piece (32 x 15") holds eight matted citation cards including the Medal for Valiant Labor and Medal Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad (with the medals' serial numbers) certificates and four Economy Achievement Medal Citations.
The medals were mounted and framed by Spinks of London and featured on the cover of, and in an article in, the April 1985 issue of "The Medal Collector". Although Soviet medals can now be legally obtained, this exceptional collection, accumulated by one individual over a lifetime rather than assembled piecemeal, is a rare grouping in superior presentation.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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