Description
Medal for Distinction in the Protection of Public Order
With document awarded to Zinon Martselievich Gultyaev (Зинон Марцельевич Гультяев)
Gultyaev was head of the KGB in Kamchatka
Made of silver plated German silver. It measures 32.06 in diameter, 37.07 mm in height (including the eyelet) and it weighs 16.2 grams without its suspension.
The medal is in excellent condition with crisp details and a nice toning to the silver plating. It shows almost no wear and even the details of the raised areas are perfectly visible. The brass suspension and ribbon are time period to the medal and its connection ring has not been cut.
The document is in good condition and is dated 9 November 1962 and numbered 022183
Hard to upgrade and with an attractive patina on the silver plating. Scarce set awarded to a high ranking KGB chief
More info on Gultyaev can be found here and here
Extra info: Gultyaev got a Red Star in September 1945 for “Direct and efficient leadership in exposing and eliminating counter-revolutionary elements, and thus providing normal functioning environment for the industry and transportation in the Far East region.”
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