Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal for Transforming the Non-Black Earth of the RSFSR & Award Booklet, c.1980 Buy Now (Militärdienstzeichen für Offiziere) Instituted 19

(Militärdienstzeichen für Offiziere) Instituted 19 September 1849

6 cm (w) 14

and 12 o’clock arms for wearing

measuring 103 mm (w) x 62 mm (l)

Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal for Transforming the Non-Black Earth of the RSFSR & Award Booklet, c.1980 Buy Now (Militärdienstzeichen für Offiziere) Instituted 19( ). Instituted September 30th, 1977. A circular gilded tombac medal, the obverse depicting a tractor pulling a plough through a field, circumscribed For Transforming the Non Black Earth of the RSFSR in Russian script, the reverse bearing a Hammer and Sickle behind dual wheat stalks and topped by a radiant five pointed star, suspended from a pentagonal mounted ribbon with an aluminum core and horizontal pinback, measuring 32. 1 mm in diameter.