Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR, Type I Archive This is a textbook example

This is a textbook example of an extremely well preserved second pattern Luftwaffe dagger by an uncommon maker

with slight oxidation and loss of finish evident to the core and frame

soiling and wear evident on the exterior

9th April 1917 (Vimy Ridge) and 7th November 1917

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR, Type I Archive This is a textbook example( ). 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