Greece, Republic. An Academy of Athens Research Award, Angel Balevski 1977 Province of China with a central Luftwaffe eagle

with a central Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika on a pebbled background

Constructed of three white gull-shaped patches sewn onto a black wool backer with the addition of a horizontally oriented white rectangle sewn directly below the gulls to signify the rank of Hauptmann

and one is gilt and enamel

with them all

Greece, Republic. An Academy of Athens Research Award, Angel Balevski 1977 Province of China with a central Luftwaffe eagleAwarded 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