China, People's Republic. A Sino-Soviet Medal Of The Changchun Railway Company 1952 United Republic of Medal in solid gold

Medal in solid gold

with some light white paint blotches on the interior

He had one brief stint with HMCS Carleton from February to April and was listed for immediate demobilization on September 15

enamel loss to obverse centre

China, People's Republic. A Sino-Soviet Medal Of The Changchun Railway Company 1952 United Republic of Medal in solid gold( Zhngchn til gngs zhng s jingzhng). Instituted in 1952. In bronze gilt with red and white enamels, obverse illustrating the left facing busts of Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong, the busts surmounted by a star and framed by a half gear, the China Railway insignia at the base, reverse inscribed in Mandarin "Jointly Run by China and the Soviet Union Given by the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China", dated "1952" and number