Greece, Republic. An Academy of Athens Research Award, Angel Balevski 1977 Hold nickel-silver fittings on the shell

nickel-silver fittings on the shell show light surface wear and gray age patina

Footnote: The Canadian Army Medical Corps

dated 21 May 1939 and named to Gertrud Giese (nee Juert)

Footnote: The 2nd Battalion

the reverse bearing the remnants of an adhesive from previous display

Greece, Republic. An Academy of Athens Research Award, Angel Balevski 1977 Hold nickel-silver fittings on the shellAwarded by the Academy of Athens, the highest research institute in Greece, featuring a 34 link collar each with green and black enamel, with center medallion presenting left facing bust of Athena, representing wisdom and intellectual progress, surrounded by green enameled laurels, reverse with a plain field and engraved and dedicated to Angel Balevski who was the recipient of the rare Soviet Lomonosov Gold Medal, measuring 51 mm (w) x 75 mm (h