USSR, ORDER OF THE RED FLAG, insignia for fourth award in si - Lot 304

USSR, ORDER OF THE RED FLAG, insignia for fourth award in silver 800°/°° and polychrome enamel, numbered 2160. Pentagonal suspension. Height (insignia only): 45 mm. Length: 37 mm Total gross weight: 29.5 g. Provenance: according to the central archives of the Russian Ministry of Defense, this insignia was presented on February 3, 1953 to the famous Soviet World War II ace, Lieutenant-Colonel Sultan AMET-KHAN (1920-1971), leader of the first squadron of the 9th Guards Fighter Regiment "Odessa", also known as the "Regiment of Aces", two-time hero of the Soviet Union, honored test pilot of the USSR and winner of the Stalin Prize. During the Second World War, he flew a total of 603 combat sorties (including seventy to attack enemy personnel and equipment) and led 150 air battles. He shot down a total of thirty enemy aircraft personally and, as part of a group, nineteen.