Russia – Soviet: A Superb and well-document Hero of Socialist Labour Gold Hammer and Sickle Medal, 2nd type, reverse officially numbered ‘8958’ in 23ct gold awarded to Engine Driver Jonas Simukauskas from Vilnius, Lithuania on 1st October 1965, He was an engine-driver and later mechanic who worked on the Soviet Railways in both Lithuania and Belarus.
Russia - Soviet: Hero of Socialist Labour Gold Hammer and Sickle Medal, 2nd type, reverse officially numbered: ‘8958’, made from 23 carat gold, weighing 25.7g with the suspender but without the screwplate to the reverse. mounted to a rectangular-framed suspension with screw-back, Monetny Dvor mint marked on the screw-back and housed in it’s original red velvet lined box.
Condition: the suspension slightly bet, the ring uncut, minor contact wear, Good Very Fine
Along with:
Large award document named to Jonas Antano Simukauskas and dated 1st October 1965.
Small award booklet named to Jonas Antano Simukauskas without passphoto and dated 1st October 1965.
Award booklet named to Jonas Antano Simukauskas dated 1st October 1965 and confirming the award of the Hero of Socialist Labour Gold Hammer and Sickle Medal as well as the Order of Lenin (No. 341206)
Certificate congratulating Simukauskas on his 50th birthday.
4 x black and white photographs of Simukauskas in his railway uniform all wearing his Hero of Socialist Labour Gold Hammer and Sickle Medal and other awards.
4 x Lithuanian Newspaper articles covering the award.
A group photograph taken at the 13th Communist Party Congress at the Kremlin, Moscow in March-April 1966.
Jonas Simukauskas was an engine driver from Vilnius and was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labour with the Gold Hammer and Sickle Medal and Order of Lenin on 1st October 1965.
One of the newspaper articles (in Lithuanian) covers Simukauskas’ story.
‘The whole life of Jonas Simukauskas is spent on the wheel. In the post-war years he became a locomotive driver. It was a troubled time. This man had to experience everything, he saw both the warm and the cold. Jonas Simukauskas has rich work experience shared with young machine operators transporting cargo across Lithuania and Belarus. Passenger trains were also driven to Klaipeda for many years.
Four years ago Jonas Simukasuskas, an honorary railway worker and labour veteran, went to his well-deserved rest. He missed the buzz of the work circle.
‘I have good health so why not work? The machinist looks at me in question. His experience was very useful in the work of the Locomotive Depot. The train driver here preventively services the locomotives carefully prepares them for the journey.
Jonas Simukauskas, a veteran council member of the Communist-backed Baltic railway, will be decorated with another government award with the star of the Hero of Socialist Labour on his chest.'
