Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of Lenin, Type 6 in Gold with Award Booklet, to Vasily Kirillovich Zakharov

(Орден Ленина). Constructed of 23K Gold with platinum and multi-coloured enamels,  the obverse consisting of a circular wheat stalk wreath, joined together at the bottom by a red enameled hammer and sickle, flanked on the right by a red enameled five-pointed star and on the left by a banner flag similarly executed in red enamel and bearing a gilt inscription of “ЛЕНИН” (“LENIN”), surrounding a central dark grey enameled medallion overlaid by a leftward-facing platinum profile of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the reverse with three visible rivets securing the image of Lenin in place, bearing a Cyrillic maker’s mark of “ЛЕНИНГРАДСКИЙ МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР” for the State Mint in Leningrad, situated above an award number of “237678”, topped by an integral loop and suspension ring retaining an original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal backplate with a horizontal pinback, measuring 39.23 mm (w) x 44.23 mm (h), weighing 46.5 grams (inclusive of ribbon and backplate), in extremely fine condition; accompanied by its matching award booklet, constructed of a card stock binding with interior pages lightly filled with handwritten and stamped entries, named to “ВАСИЛИЙ КИЛИЛЛОВИЧ ЗАХАРОВ” (“VASILY KIRILLOVICH ZAKHAROV”), featuring an entry for the Order of Lenin matching the serial number offered, in addition to an Order of the Badge of Honour, retaining a black-and-white photograph of Zakharov, measuring 7.5 cm (w) x 11 cm (h), in extremely fine condition.

Footnote: Records indicate that Vasily Kirillovich Zakharov was an academic and scientist dedicated to the research of forestry, who authored numerous scholarly papers on the subject.