Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Star and Medal for Combat Service, with Award Card Hold Neilson contracted some sort of

Neilson contracted some sort of illness but his records do not indicate its nature

with the green enameled wreath partially damaged

securely set within the structure of the cap by machine stitching

Section “B”

all three with intact enamels)

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Star and Medal for Combat Service, with Award Card Hold Neilson contracted some sort ofAn Order of the Red Star. Type II. Constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a five pointed star, the obverse with red enamelled arms, bearing a central medallion overlaid by a Red Army soldier in full uniform and clutching a rifle, surrounded by a border bearing a raised Russian Cyrillic inscription of , ! (WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!), joined together at the bottom by initials (USSR), situated above a hammer and sickle the reverse with a