China, People's Republic. A Sino-Soviet Medal Of The Chang Chun Railway Company 1952 Auction Archive received his medals and decorations

received his medals and decorations

unmarked but displaying the typical manufacturing characteristics of “Rudolf Wächtler & Lange

measuring 68 mm x 41 mm

Grand Cross Star - an older issue circa 1910

Oxford beginning on January 13

China, People's Republic. A Sino-Soviet Medal Of The Chang Chun Railway Company 1952 Auction Archive received his medals and decorationsIn bronze gilt with red and white enamels, obverse illustrating the left facing busts of Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong, the busts surmounted by a star and framed by a half gear, the China Railway insignia at the base, reverse inscribed in Mandarin "Jointly Run by China and the Soviet Union Given by the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China", dated "1952" and number impressed "536" on the reverse, measuring 39. 5 mm (w) x 41 mm