Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal for Transforming the Non-Black Earth of the RSFSR & Award Booklet, c.1980 Buy Now the reverse bearing a central

the reverse bearing a central white enameled medallion overlaid by hand-painted initials AIPF (Anna

and 12 o’clock arms for wearing

(Militärdienstzeichen für Offiziere) Instituted 19 September 1849

for wounds suffered in the Argonne Forest on September 27

measuring 103 mm (w) x 62 mm (l)

Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal for Transforming the Non-Black Earth of the RSFSR & Award Booklet, c.1980 Buy Now the reverse bearing a central( ). Instituted September 30th, 1977. A circular gilded tombac medal, the obverse depicting a tractor pulling a plough through a field, circumscribed For Transforming the Non Black Earth of the RSFSR in Russian script, the reverse bearing a Hammer and Sickle behind dual wheat stalks and topped by a radiant five pointed star, suspended from a pentagonal mounted ribbon with an aluminum core and horizontal pinback, measuring 32. 1 mm in diameter.