Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal for the Restoration of the Donbas Coal Mines, c. 1947 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and PFC Melvin E

and PFC Melvin E

One of his daughters died at the age of 7 from cancer

(in bronze gilt

issued to Oberleutnant Heinz Pohle

The helmet measures 225 mm x 298 mm x 165 mm in height

Russia, Soviet Union. A Medal for the Restoration of the Donbas Coal Mines, c. 1947 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and PFC Melvin E( ). Instituted September 10th, 1947. A circular gilded brass medal, the obverse with an image of a restored mine with a leftward facing helmeted miner carrying a jackhammer on his right shoulder, circumscribed For the Restoration of the Donbas Coal Mines with a five pointed star and laurels at the base, the reverse bears the Hammer and Sickle over the inscription Labour in the USSR A Matter of Honour in Russian script, suspended from a pentagonal