U.S.S.R., Order of the Red Banner, the reverse numbered ‘155163’, together with the recipient’s red award book, extremely fine £60-80

Order of the Red Banner (No. 155163) awarded on 3 November 1944, to major Ervand Avetisovitch Arytyunyan. This Major worked as chief of the administration services in the Economy unit of the Headquarters of the Red Army (known as the House of the Red Army). He was born in Armenia in 1897. The accompanying red pass book records this award together with the Order of Lenin (No. 248857). Sold with citation from the Moscow Military Archives and English translation.