Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Second Award Province of China This is one of the

This is one of the rarest of all WWII USAAF flight jackets

one is addressed to Bruns’ father

inscribed with “BARMHERZIGKEIT 1914” (Mercifulness 1914)

He would remain here for five days

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Second Award Province of China This is one of the( ). Instituted 1 August 1924. (1943 1953 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt and multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal backplate with horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of gilded circular wreath, joined together at the bottom by a red enameled banner bearing silvered Russian Cyrcillic letters , in addition to a white enameled plaque bearing a numeral 2, surrounding a central