Russia, Soviet Union. A Pair of Awards for Military Merit consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Podes could not join the

Podes could not join the NSFK officially due to already being a member of the Wehrmacht

He signed his Attestation Paper with the 5th Pioneer Battalion

FRASER / HIGH

The shoulders are flanked by Hauptvormann candidate straps

the obverse bearing a gilt studio mark of “BERNH

Russia, Soviet Union. A Pair of Awards for Military Merit consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Podes could not join theA pair of awards, including: 1. An Order of the Red Star, Type II, constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a five pointed star, the obverse with red enameled arms, bearing a central medallion overlaid by a Red Army soldier in full uniform and clutching a rifle, surrounded by a border bearing a raised Russian Cyrillic inscription of , ! (WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!), joined together at the bottom by initials (USSR), situated above a hammer