Russia, Soviet Union. A Set for Thirty Years of the Liberation of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1944-1974

(Украинская Советская Социалистическая Республика). Table Medal (in bronze, obverse illustrating attacking planes and charging tanks, inscribed "XXX" (30) flanked by the dates "1944" and "1974", and "УССР" (USSR = Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) below, the inscriptions overlying a map of the Crimea, reverse illustrating the hammer and sickle fronting a five-pointed star, above an open-wreath composed of branches of laurel leaves and oak leaves, engraver marked "1974" below the wreath, surrounded by an inscription in Russian, measuring 60 mm in diameter, in its plastic case of issue); and Lapel Badge (two-piece construction, with a silvered bronze medallion utilizing the same image as that used on the obverse of the medal, mounted to a base in bronze gilt with red, orange and black enamels, the base inscribed "XXX" (30) above dates "1944-1974", within an open-wreath composed of branches of laurel leaves and oak leaves, with a ribbon swatch of the Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War at the junction of the branches, backed by large gilt and red stars, maker marked on the reverse, measuring 44.5 mm (w) x 46.7 mm (h), in its plastic case of issue). Extremely fine. The table medal and lapel badge accompanied by their Award Document (composed of an insert printed in blue ink, with inscriptions in Ukrainian on the left inside panel and in Russian on the right inside panel, named to "Ivan Nikitovich Kozhedub" in black text, the insert placed with a four-colour folder, the front cover with an illustration of the table medal backed by a ribbon of the Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War on the lefts side, the flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic fronting a branch of laurel leaves at the lower right, measuring 175 mm (w) x 230 mm (h)); with all three items enclosed in a presentation box, the cover bearing the image of the badge in gold-coloured ink at the upper left, measuring 182 mm (w) x 245 mm (h) x 30 mm (d), exhibiting light wear and a few tears on the exterior of both the cover and base.