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RUSSIAN MILITARY HEROES

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
RUSSIAN MILITARY HEROES
Presentation document, 4pp. 16mo., untranslated but a military presentation of some type with a small pin, boldly signed by PAVEL BATOV (1897-1985) who led the 65th Army during Stalingrad counteroffensive and headed Warsaw Pact troops postwar; also signed by Hero of the Soviet Union, fighter ace ALEXEI MARESYEV (1916-2002) who scored 11 victories, was shot down in winter, breaking both legs. After 18 days of foraging on his hands and knees, he was rescued by partisans and sent to a hospital where both legs were amputated. Undeterred, Maresyev obtained artificial legs, learned to walk and eventually returned to the skies, scoring seven additional victories. Very good.

Estimate: $150 - 200.

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