Russia, Imperial. An 1861 Commemorative Medal For The Liberation Of Peasants From Serfdom consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Denchik took off under fire

Denchik took off under fire in a Yak-9 and was the only pilot to succeed in doing so

He was posted to the 5th Heavy Battery

enamel chipping evident on the upper arm and at the base of the leafing

1918) when the Company was opposed by a large force of the enemy

He was also awarded an Eastern Front Medal

Russia, Imperial. An 1861 Commemorative Medal For The Liberation Of Peasants From Serfdom consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Denchik took off under fireConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of Tsar Alexander II in the regalia of a medieval Russian warrior, his arms around a nobleman and peasant who are shaking hands, situated against a backdrop featuring agricultural imagery, topped by a date of 19 FEBRUARY 1861 in Cyrcillic, the reverse bearing a central raised Russian Orthodox cross overlaying a radiant background, circumscribed by a Cyrillic prayer, the obverse