Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal for the Defence of the Caucasus, with Award Document, to Nikolai Fedorovich Bayura visually-hidden he embarked Southampton for the

he embarked Southampton for the French theatre on September 9th

It was awarded in the field in Muschkowitschi on September 5th 1941 and bearing the partially visible Wehrmacht stamp

dated December 1936 and issued from Düsseldorf

Before his execution

The first casu­al­ties suf­fered by 2 RCR occurred from a mor­tar explo­sion dur­ing this training

Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal for the Defence of the Caucasus, with Award Document, to Nikolai Fedorovich Bayura visually-hidden he embarked Southampton for the( ). Constructed of bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal backplate with horizontal pinback, unmarked, measuring 32. 03 mm in diameter, in near extremely fine condition; accompanied by its original award document, named to " " (NIKOLAI FEDOROVICH BAYURA), who served with the NKVD, dated 21 March 1945, measuring 14. 5 cm (w) x 21 cm (h), demonstrating damp staining and folding creases throughout, in very