Egypt, Arab Republic. An Order of Merit, II Class, Grand Officer Badge, to Soviet Official Leonid Peshekhonov, c. 1959 Buy Now sterling silver base

sterling silver base

circumscribed “Gut Luft

when a man was wounded by machine-gun fire

Airman Hackney volunteered to be lowered into the jungle to search for the survivor

Egypt, Arab Republic. An Order of Merit, II Class, Grand Officer Badge, to Soviet Official Leonid Peshekhonov, c. 1959 Buy Now sterling silver base(Nishan al Ishtiqaq). Instituted in 1953. Type II (1958 1972), c. 1959 issue. Of multi piece construction, consisting of a five pointed gilded silver star with multiple rays emanating from the center between the arms of the star, the obverse with another five pointed star constructed of royal blue and white enamels, the obverse with a central raised half globe inscribed Merit in arabic lettering in gilt within blue enamels, suspended from a swivel