The June 2-5, 2002, Pre-Long Beach Sale, Sale 14
Lot 1841
Soviet Awards. Lot of
two framed pieces. 1. Grouping of seven medals awarded to Naum Fedorovich
Milner, manager of a Leningrad factory complex, mounted and framed to 25 x 14".
In order of receipt the medals are: Red Banner of Labor (1934 early screwback),
Medal for the Defense of Leningrad (1943), Order of the Red Banner of Labor
(ribbon suspension), Medal for Valiant Labor During the Great Patriotic War
(1945), the Order of Lenin (the USSR's highest honor), two All Union
Exhibition of National Economy Achievement Medals (1967 and 1968) and the 250th
Anniversary of Leningrad commemorative medal. All awards are identified,
professionally mounted and framed, along with Milner's ID book, his "Orders
Book" and The Citation for the Defense of Leningrad Medal (signed by Bubnov, an
NKVD official and Secretary of the Executive Committee).
2. The second
framed piece (32 x 15") holds eight matted citation cards including the Medal
for Valiant Labor and Medal Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad
(with the medals' serial numbers) certificates and four Economy Achievement
Medal Citations.
The medals were mounted and framed by Spinks of London and
featured on the cover of, and in an article in, the April 1985 issue of "The
Medal Collector". Although Soviet medals can now be legally obtained, this
exceptional collection, accumulated by one individual over a lifetime rather
than assembled piecemeal, is a rare grouping in superior presentation.
Estimated Value $1,500-2,000.