Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade, with Budapest Liberation Date United Republic of and a setting sun and

and a setting sun and ships in the background with two hands holding a heart in the exergue

Faithful Service Cross – unmarked

he applied for a War Service Gratuity but at the time of his application

1918 for service with the French Army of the Orient

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Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade, with Budapest Liberation Date United Republic of and a setting sun and( ). Constructed of brass, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to an aluminum pentagonal backplate with a horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon and at the top by a five pointed star, surrounding a central inscription of , the reverse bearing a raised date of 13 1945 (13 FEBRUARY 1945, the date of the liberation of Budapest, typically applied to