Russia, Soviet Union. A Second War Veteran's Bravery Medal Bar Archive o” with a small square

o” with a small square to the upper left side indicating the maker Friedrich Orth

The offered medal in bronze is much scarcer that similar in silver

Instituted 2 December 1849 by Emperor Franz Joseph I

The second war German Eastern Front Winter Campaign Medal (Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 medaille

Russia, Soviet Union. A Second War Veteran's Bravery Medal Bar Archive o” with a small squareMedal for Bravery (in silver with red enamels, number impressed "572912" on the reverse, measuring 37. 2 mm in diameter); Medal for Combat Service (in silver with red enamels, measuring 32 mm in diameter); Medal for Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941 1945 (in brass, measuring 32 mm in diameter); Jubilee Medal for the 20th Year Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1945 1965 (in brass, measuring 32 mm in diameter); and