USSR, Medal for 15 Years Irreproachable Service in KGB
$35.00
RUSSIA, USSR, Medal for 15 Years Irreproachable Service in KGB, Obverse: hammer and sickel in star, XV, Reverse: ZA BEZPRECHNUYU SLUZHBU, type 2- gold star, silver field, XV / gold color star on silver colored base metal, 31mm, XF
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Because its KGB the name of the organization is not on the medal!
The Bolsheviks thought that they could run a military without rank and without awards. They changed their minds almost immediately and went back to the Tsarist methods of rigid hierarchy, absolute obedience, and medals for everything.
Over the decades I’ve been selling collectibles my market has been about 97% coins, 2% paper money, 1% everything else.
