Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Participant’s Badge for Stalin’s Harvest Campaign visually-hidden on a field green wool

on a field green wool base

The recipient is Oberst (Colonel) Hans Ludwig Müller

James Wolfe and Edward Whitmore

set across the forehead

traces of the original gilded finish remaining on the insignia around the eye sockets and nose framework on the skull

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Participant’s Badge for Stalin’s Harvest Campaign visually-hidden on a field green woolConstructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white enameled shield, bearing a raised tractor from which two wheat stalks emanate, surrounding a central raised inscription of (TO A PARTICIPANT IN STALINS CAMPAIGN FOR A HIGH HARVEST), all topped by a red enameled star, the reverse with a threaded screw post and original nut, unmarked, measuring 31 mm (w) x 49 mm (h), demonstrating minor surface flecking and scratching