Insignia
Object number2017.116.16
Date1939-1945
OriginSoviet Union
MediumBrass(?); Metal; Enamel
Credit LineIn memory of Edward Ruglovsky
DescriptionStar-shaped Soviet Union military insignia. Brass(?) metal star with red enamel background and metal hammer and sickle at center; enamel background has radiating lines. Star is convex. Reverse shows front design and has dual brad-type fastener at center.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 0.875 x 0.938 x 0.625 in. (2.2 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm)Historical NotesPart of a collection of items documenting Edward Ruglovsky’s WWII service in the 10th Infantry Regiment and his industrial career at U. S. Steel. Ruglovsky obtained this item by trading a deck of American playing cards. Ed Ruglovksy was with 10th as a combat infantryman from January 1944 through the war’s end, and through the campaigns to take Western Europe – Rhineland, Ardennes, Battle of the Bulge, etc. Ruglovsky said it was “the worst place to be” and that he spent a “year being absolutely terrified.” Some of these things he acquired by trading Russian soldiers for them at the end of the war, which fits with the reality that combat infantryman – while in active combat – were not able to collect and save much, so acquiring items from another soldier at war’s end fits with Ruglovsky’s history of service.
Previous owner
Edward Ruglovsky
Related institution
United States Steel Corporation
Related institution
10th Infantry Regiment
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c. 2012
1999
1945
c. 1980
