Awesome HSL group - 1961 Gagarin crew

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One of the dealers has this amazing HSL group for sale.

I'll let him do the talking:

"Gold Star "Hammer and Sickle" of a Hero of Socialist Labor, #9501, with complete documentation (all three "Hero's" award documents), issued in 1961 for contribution to the world’s first manned space flight.
Awarded to Nikolay Markichev by 17 June 1961 decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The Hammer and Sickle Medal is in excellent condition, with complete original suspension and original screw plate.

Documents: order booklet; Hero's ID ("small certificate"), fine quality booklet bound in leather, with photo of the recipient; large certificate for the Title of Hero in hard presentation folder and original issue case, containing a citation from the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Both the "small" and the "large" certificate are hand-signed by Leonid Brezhnev, then Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. Few years later he was to became the Soviet leader after unseating Khruschev in a bloodless coup.

Brezhnev's autograph in black Indian ink is slightly smeared in the "small" document but is completely intact in the "large" certificate. The order booklet shows only two decorations: the Hero Star and the Order of Lenin that was issued with it (the Lenin is missing).

All three documents are in excellent condition. They were issued on 19 June 1961, merely two days after the Title of Hero of Socialist Labor was bestowed upon Markichev by the Supreme Soviet. The text of the citation in both Hero’s certificates is as follows, "For outstanding achievements in creating new designs of rocket technology and facilitating the successful flight of a Soviet person into space".

Nikolay Markichev was apparently one of the leading engineers or scientists that made Gagarin's flight possible. This extraordinary group represents a landmark achievement in the conquest of space and one of the most memorable events in modern history. "


WOW!!!!!! A person that made Gagarin's flight possible!!!

William

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Large HSL Gramota:

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The entire group:

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I'll bet he was the head of some department...