Albania, People's Republic. Five Awards Newly Listed but due to shortages of

but due to shortages of material was not combat ready until 1944

with rzm tag on reverse

where thirty-one others received their medals

2nd New Zealand Mounted Rifles

semblance of residue on the reverse from previous board mounting

Albania, People's Republic. Five Awards Newly Listed but due to shortages ofOrder for Distinguished State and Community Service, I Class (in bronze gilt with red enamels, measuring 38 mm (w) x 41. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, crazing evident in the red enamels on the star, original ribbon, mounted to a five sided brass suspension with pinback); Order for Distinguished State and Community Service, II Class (in silvered bronze with red enamels, number impressed "141" on the reverse, measuring 38 mm (w) x 41. 5 mm