Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Liberation of Moscow 1812, by Alexey Klepikov Hold was named Major-General on August

was named Major-General on August 25

Jubilee Medal for the 20th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1945-1965 (brass

the reverse marked “M

that he was not married and that his trade was that of Mechanic (also acknowledged later as an Electrician)

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Liberation of Moscow 1812, by Alexey Klepikov Hold was named Major-General on AugustConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Alexander I in medieval armour and wielding a spear with an ornately decorated shield executed in high relief, circumscribed by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of (RODOMYSL OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY), the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a seated female personification of the city of Moscow, situated behind a helmeted warrior wielding a sword and shield