Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal for the Restoration of the Donbas Coal Mines, c. 1947 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Stalag VIII-C housed mostly Soviet

Stalag VIII-C housed mostly Soviet POWs

Footnote: The NASA Space Flight Medal is a decoration of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Constructed of a coppered metal alloy

scalloped bottom arm

gray felt underside

Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal for the Restoration of the Donbas Coal Mines, c. 1947 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Stalag VIII-C housed mostly Soviet( ). Instituted September 10th, 1947. A circular gilded brass medal, the obverse with an image of a restored mine with a leftward facing helmeted miner carrying a jackhammer on his right shoulder, circumscribed For the Restoration of the Donbas Coal Mines with a five pointed star and laurels at the base, the reverse bears the Hammer and Sickle over the inscription Labour in the USSR A Matter of Honour in Russian script, suspended from a pentagonal