RUSSIAN SOVIET KGB ВЧК CIGARETTE CASE 100% SILVER ARMY GENERAL AWARD ORDER MEDAL

Description

March 13, 1977 year
. 100% Russian 875" solid silver
Very Rare cigarette case,
was made Less than 100 pieces
Unique Soviet KGB Award from Soviet Communist Epoch USSR (CCCP).  Was Awarded only to the Command General or
Higher Officers Ranks.
The highest award for employees counterintelligence
KGB
,
ВЧК and ОГПУ
,
Enamel
875"
SILVER CIGARETTE CASE
, with Ruby-cabochon on Press button
A
TTENTION
BEWARE
of
FAKE ANTIQUE CONSULTANTS
,
who do not have
a
special Historical Education,
Their consultations pursue personal interests
and
evidence
only
their
professional incompetence
or
insolvency.
Господа
. остерегайтесь
фейковы
х
антикварных
консультантов, у которых нет специального исторического образования.
Их консультации преследуют личные интерес
и
свидетельствуют о их профессиональной некомпетентности и несостоятельности.
Russian 875” Silver,
Hot Ruby
Enamel, with the Soviet factory mint mark.
Communist Political award's
:
“
Of Secret Police Agencies KGB (ВЧК - ОГПУ), analogical Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB - KGB)”
.
This Award was established in the honor of “60th Anniversary KGB”, awarded order from 1977-1978, by decree of the “Presidium of the Council of Ministers of the USSR - KGB”.  Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics sometimes abbreviated as the Soviet of Ministers March 13, 1977. This cigarette case was presented - awarded in 1977 year to Former Soviet Resident KGB General O. Kalugin. Former head of the external counterintelligence department of the KGB of the USSR.
The total circulation was made Less than 200 - 400  pieces, a relatively small number by the Soviet standards.
The silver case with rounded corners and the hinged lid set with silver and enameled plaque with enameled dedicatory text for
“Sixty Years of unblemished Service to the State Security Agency (KGB)”.
Manufacturer:
Russian city of Moscow
(Soviet - USSR Era-Epoch)
crafts center
Soviet
Goznak "Monetnyi  Dvor"
Material: Russian 100% Solid Silver 875"
Dimensions items in mm (Measures
approximate
ly)
:
105 mm in Height
//
80 mm in width
//
24 mm in depth, together with an top overlay (watch the photos)
Condition:
In excellent condition. The enamel is essentially perfect, no wear of any kind visible to the unaided eye. The enamel retains beautiful luster throughout. The golden starburst and hammer & sickle emblem are likewise pristine, free of noticeable dings or scratches.
General KGB of Oleg Kalugin is a former head of foreign intelligence, the youngest KGB genera
l.
In the US, he worked under the guise of a Fulbright internship student, an American correspondent for Moscow Radio, and a press attach at the Soviet embassy in Washington. At the same time he supplied information to the KGB and recruited new agents. In 1971, he was summoned back to the USSR, since the head of the KGB, Vladimir Kryuchkov, suspected him of double work. Then Kalugin was supported by General Secretary Yuri Andropov, and the scout received a high post in Leningrad. As head of the Department of External Counterintelligence, he rose to the rank of Major-General, while being constantly monitored by the KGB. In 2001, Kalugin testified to the US court in the case of the former US Army colonel George Trofimoff (who worked for the Soviet Union) - their Russian government regarded as treason and sentenced Kalugin to 15 years of strict regime Prisons, depriving all ranks and awards.
2003, he received political asylum in the United States.
D
escription:
Award to Special Agents of KGB. 875” SILVER CIGARETTE CASE, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1977.
Soviet the law enforcement agency of the Soviet Union of
(Cheka / OGPU)
KGB.
This Award
"Enamel (Cheka / OGPU) KGB Cigarette Case"
was designed by the artist Bichukov; it was struck at the Moscow Mint in 1977.  Made in honor of Felix Dzerzhinsky Centenary - in 1977. Cigarette Case
Was awarding only the highest commanding staff of Soviet KGB
.
(The total circulation was only 100 pieces - Extremely rare) a relatively small number by the Soviet standards.
"Enamel KGB Cigarette Case"
made in Russian Silver content 875" and hot ruby enamel. Obverse features symbol of (Cheka / OGPU) - KGB is the inscription
"Dedicatory text for sixty years of unblemished service to the state security agency (KGB)"
and with mint mark of the Moscow Mint and a 1977 date.
Dzerzhinsky was among the closest allies of Lenin and the chief architect of the Soviet Secret Police (Cheka / OGPU). Dzerzhinsky commemorative medals such as this one were usually issued to high ranking KGB officers, VIP retirees, and important political figures.
History
(Cheka / OGPU)
, NKGB Soviet secret police agencies.
:
For more details on this topic, see Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies.
(Cheka / OGPU)
, NKGB, and Ministry for State Security KGB (Soviet Union).
a. Committee for State Security USSR
b. Комитет Государственной Безопасности КГБ СССР
c. Komitet Gosudarstvennoj Bezopasnosti KGB SSSR
The KGB (Russian: Комите́т Госуда́рственной Безопа́сности (КГБ), translated in English as Committee for State Security), was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991.
The
KGB
(Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti or Committee of State Security) was the preeminent Soviet intelligence agency and Soviet equivalent of the American CIA. The KGB was the primary organization for intelligence and counterintelligence matters during the later Soviet period. Although the NKVD was tasked with internal security, the KBG role in political security and counterintelligence was so broad that its operations often touched on internal security matters. For example, in 1957, Soviet border guards were placed under KGB supervision.
The 1954 ukase establishing the KGB.
Formed in 1954, as a direct successor of such preceding agencies as the (Cheka / OGPU),
NKGB, and MGB, the committee was attached to the Council of Ministers. It was the chief government agency of "union-republican jurisdiction", acting as internal security, intelligence, and secret police.
After the dissolution of the USSR, the KGB was split into the Federal Security Service and the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation.
Soviet secret police agencies. See also: (Cheka / OGPU), NKGB, and Ministry for State Security (Soviet Union USSR)
The KGB's main successors are the FSB (Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation) and the SVR (Foreign Intelligence Service).
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