Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR, Type I Archive particularly in the percussion arms

particularly in the percussion arms of the pre-Civil War period

99 mm (w) x 61

featuring a large bowl affixed with two Phoenixes on either side of the bowl

letters partially worn off on the ribbon banner

Baur died at Oberhaching in 1981

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR, Type I Archive particularly in the percussion arms( ). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal brass plate with a horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised depiction of a border guard wearing a greatcoat and wielding a PPSh 41 submachine gun, flanked by a border marker and situated against a mountainous backdrop, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of (FOR DISTINCTION IN PROTECTION OF THE STATE BORDERS), situated above a semi