Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service, Ground-Dug Examples visually-hidden repulsed at least ten major

repulsed at least ten major assaults by enemy forces who were vastly superior in number

and retaining an original gilded button bearing a fouled anchor

the reverse with a vertical pinback and locking catch

Kozhedub graduated from Chuguev Military Air School in 1941

Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards for Military and Civil Service, Ground-Dug Examples visually-hidden repulsed at least ten major(Auszeichnungen). A mixed lot of awards for military and civil services, including an NSDAP 10 Year Long Service Award, an Air Defence Decoration II Class, a War Merit Cross II Class with Swords, and two Anschluss Medals, with examples constructed of zink and bronze, all unmarked, all missing ribbons and demonstrating extensive oxidation and loss of finish consistent with retrieval from a factory site subject to bomb and fire damage, a ground dug lot