Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Belgium, Kingdom, Decoration for Workers and Artisans, 4th type, silver-gilt and enamel, bilingual motto; Congo, Democratic Republic, Merit Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Vol P. Winskill, 5(1) Commando, ANC’; Czechoslovakia, Republic, Bravery Medal 1939, bronze; Czechoslovakia, Republic, Army Commemorative Medal 1939-45, 1 clasp, SSSR, bronze with silvered lion rampant; Czechoslovakia, Republic, Commemorative Medal for the Battle of the Dukla Pass 1959, bronze; Italy, Kingdom, Italian-Austrian War Medal 1915-18, soldiers’ type, bronze; Japan, Empire, Order of the Rising Sun, Eighth Class breast badge, 31mm x 28mm, silver, with original riband with full hook and eye assembly; Thailand, Kingdom, Commemorative Medal for the Investiture of H.R.H. Prince Vajiralongkorn as Crown Prince of Thailand 1972, silver; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Order of the Patriotic War, Second Class, 3rd ‘1985 issue’ type, silver and enamel, reverse officially numbered ‘5307644’, with Monetny Dvor mint mark and screwback suspension; Vatican, Holy See, Decoration of Honour, silver, generally very fine or better (10) £100-140

Sold together with an award certificate for the Czechoslovakian Commemorative Medal for the Battle of the Dukla Pass, named to Stanistavu Charouzkovi; and a large award certificate for the Italian-Austrian war Medal, named to D. di E. da Kolin, and dated 8 November 1925.