Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Order for Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, II Class, by the State Mint visually-hidden constructed of fire-gilded silver with

constructed of fire-gilded silver with multi-coloured enamels

and Henry Knoz as Secretary

star device on ribbon

Three Awards - Medal of the War Merit Cross

a Battalion Patch (red chevron on a navy blue wool field

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Order for Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, II Class, by the State Mint visually-hidden constructed of fire-gilded silver with( II ). Instituted 28 October 1974. (1974 1991 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double layered eight pointed starburst, with the lower layer executed in light blue enamels and the upper layer with rays, with gilded crossed rockets piercing the centrepiece, bearing a central toned anchor and wings defaced by a five pointed star, in turn situated within a circular oak leaf wreath and white enameled