Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade, with Budapest Liberation Date United Republic of the exterior bearing an inscription

the exterior bearing an inscription of “DEUTSCHES SCHUTZWALL-EHRENZEICHEN” and a maker’s mark of “CARL POELLATH

occasional nicks and speckling

silver hallmarked “925” for silver content

measuring 13 mm (w) x 19 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring

the top of the badge bears the inscription ZWEI JAHRE (TWO YEARS) and the base IM FELD 1914-1916 (IN THE FIELD 1914-1916)

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade, with Budapest Liberation Date United Republic of the exterior bearing an inscription( ). Constructed of brass, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to an aluminum pentagonal backplate with a horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon and at the top by a five pointed star, surrounding a central inscription of , the reverse bearing a raised date of 13 1945 (13 FEBRUARY 1945, the date of the liberation of Budapest, typically applied to