Description
Documented Group of Soviet Awards
Awarded to Doctor of Medical Sciences Petr Georgievich Metsov (Петр георгиевич Мецов) of the Crimean Medical Institute
The group consists of the following items:
Order of Lenin #415409
Made of solid gold, platinum and enamels. Measures 45.08 mm in height including its eyelet, 38.25 mm in width and weighs 32.8 grams without its suspension.
In excellent condition, exhibiting crisp details. The relief details are well preserved, with even Lenin’s head showing scant signs of wear. The red and grey enamels are beautiful and free of repairs or flaking with a small scratch on the grew enamels only. The reverse is also in good condition, albeit with some contact marks and dings. The order includes an authentic double-layer suspension from the same era, and its connection ring remains intact.
Order of the Red Banner of Labor #610676
Made of solid gold silver and enamels. Measures 47.63 mm in height, 36.80 mm in width and weighs 35.5 grams without its suspension.
In problem free condition with crisp details on even the higher laying parts like the hammer and sickle. The enamel shows some contact marks only without chipping or repairs. Both sides show an appealing strong patina to the silver and it comes with its time period double layer suspension. Its connection ring has not been cut.
Order of the Badge of Honor #415326
Made of silver and enamels. Measures 50.53 mm in height, 33.90 mm in width and weighs 32.4 grams without its suspension.
In equally nice condition as the previous order with problem free enamels, dark patina to the silver and perfectly preserved details. The order comes with its time period double layer suspension and its connection ring has not been cut.
Order booklet
Its accompanying order booklet is in pristine condition with all pages firmly attached to the cover. It mentions all awards above.
Short biography of Professor Metsov:
Born on May 31, 1927 in Feodosia in a working-class family. Member of the CPSU since 1956. In 1953, Crimean Medical Institute. Doctor of Medical Sciences (1975), professor.
In 1953-1964. – doctor, chief physician of psychiatric hospital No. 3. In 1964-1981. – Head of the Health Department of the Crimean Regional Executive Committee. In 1981-1986. – Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the Crimean Medical Institute.
Honored Doctor of the Ukrainian SSR. Deputy of the Crimean Regional Council.
He died on August 5, 1986 in Simferopol.
He defended his PhD thesis on the topic “Occupational therapy for patients with epilepsy, an attempt at its physiological substantiation and a system of social re-adaptation of these patients in rural areas” (1962). Doctoral dissertation of Metsov P.G. dedicated to clinical, epidemiological and rehabilitation studies of epilepsy – “Some issues of epidemiology, social, clinical and biological prerequisites for re-adaptation and rehabilitation of patients with epilepsy (clinical, static and experimental studies according to the Crimean region” (1975). As the head of the regional health department in Crimea, Metsov P.G. founded the Crimean Republican Psychiatric Hospital No. 5. In the 70s – 80s, this hospital was recognized in the USSR as exemplary. It laid the foundations for the implementation of progressive and effective ideas for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients, and also implemented the concept rehabilitation of patients with epilepsy, developed by P. G. Metsov in his doctoral dissertation. Until now, this clinic has been a center for the treatment of borderline disorders and, in its treatment and preventive capabilities, is close to a psychoneurological sanatorium.
Some information on Metsov can be found here and here
Scarce and attributes Lenin Labor grouping
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