Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Patriotic War, I. Class, Type II, c. 1943 visually-hidden with a bow on the

with a bow on the bottom of the badge

Dietl was the first German soldier to receive the Oak Leaves

and covering distances too small for bush planes yet much too great for walking

An Austrian Made Pilot's Badge by Brüder Schneider A

Footnote: John Samuel Chandler was born on 30th September 1871 in Charlottetown

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Patriotic War, I. Class, Type II, c. 1943 visually-hidden with a bow on the( Orden Otechestvennoy Voyny). Instituted May 20th, 1942. (c. 1943 issue). Of three piece construction of Gold, silver, and gilded silver, consisting of a red enameled five pointed star with Gold straight rays (denoting I. Class) as well as a crossed saber and Mosin rifle in between the arms of the cross, with a central circular red enamelled medallion bearing a crossed Hammer and Sickle insignia in Gold, surrounded by a white enamelled ring inscribed