Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Participant’s Badge for Stalin’s Harvest Campaign Province of China dated 1 February 1944 in

dated 1 February 1944 in Königsberg

337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918

a superb example in better than very fine condition

Footnote: The Cross was instituted on August 30

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Participant’s Badge for Stalin’s Harvest Campaign Province of China dated 1 February 1944 inConstructed 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