Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Participant’s Badge for Stalin’s Harvest Campaign visually-hidden The recipient is Oberst (Colonel)

The recipient is Oberst (Colonel) Hans Ludwig Müller

James Wolfe and Edward Whitmore

set across the forehead

Footnote: Percy William Waghorn was born in 1889

The interior crown of the Shako has a printed manufacturer’s label with in black and red with off-white script that includes the manufacture’s name and location

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Participant’s Badge for Stalin’s Harvest Campaign visually-hidden The recipient is Oberst (Colonel)Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white enameled shield, bearing a raised tractor from which two wheat stalks emanate, surrounding a central raised inscription of (TO A PARTICIPANT IN STALINS CAMPAIGN FOR A HIGH HARVEST), all topped by a red enameled star, the reverse with a threaded screw post and original nut, unmarked, measuring 31 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), demonstrating minor surface flecking and scratching