Includes:
1. Order of the Badge of Honour, Type IV (Орден Знак Почета). Instituted in 1935. Multi-piece construction, in silver gilt with red enamels, concave reverse, Monetny Dvor mint marked and hand engraved "425164" on the reverse, measuring 33.8 mm (w) x 50 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, intact enamels, missing the first raised gilt "C" in "CCCP", contact marks, original ribbon, mounted to a five-sided magnetic metal suspension with pinback.
2. Order of the Red Star, Type II (Орден Красной Звезды). Instituted in 1930. Two-piece construction, in silver with red enamels, Monetny Dvor mint marked and hand engraved "2958318" on the reverse, measuring 48 mm (w) x 46.2 mm (h), screwback, chipping evident in the red enamels on the tip of the arm at 10 o'clock.
Together, near very fine.
Footnotes:
1. The Order of the Badge of Honour was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on November 25, 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in production, scientific research and social, cultural and other forms of social activity; for promotion of economic, scientific, technological, cultural and other ties between the USSR and other countries; and also for significant contribution to basic and applied research. The order was awarded 1,574,368 times. It was replaced by the "Order of Honour" by a Decree of the Presidium of the USSR on December 28, 1988. Following the USSR dissolution, it was replaced by the "Order of Honour" of the Russian Federation, established by Presidential Decree no. 442 of March 2, 1994.
2. The Order of the Red Star was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 6, 1930 but its statute was only defined in decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 5, 1930. That statute was amended by decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 7, 1936, of June 19, 1943, of February 26, 1946, of October 15, 1947, of December 16, 1947 and by decree No 1803-X of March 28, 1980. It was awarded to army personnel for distinction in the defense of the country in both peace and wartime: to soldiers of the Soviet Army, Navy, border and internal security forces, employees of the State Security Committee of the USSR, as well as NCOs and officers of the bodies of internal affairs; to units, warships, associations, enterprises, institutions and organizations; as well as to military personnel of foreign countries.