Ave!

Brooch, Soviet Committee of Youth Organizations, ca 1947

Æ 33mm/7.3gm

Con/ Missing pin, otherwise, Very Fine

Description/ An open book with the flames of a torch "illuminating the youth"

Background - The Battle of Batina and the Monument

Seller's Note/ Ground-found in a vineyard just a paces away from the monument, curious minds may ask who was the Soviet owner of the brooch and in what manner was it lost? Your guess is as good as ours.