A View To A Kill, 1985

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A View To A Kill, 1985
Soviet Russia - Badge of the Order of Lenin in gilt metal and enamels numbered on the reverse 155857 -- used in the 1987 United Artists/Eon film A View To A Kill; accompanied by a typescript letter, signed, from John Chisholm of Eon Productions on A View To A Kill headed stationery, 7th August, 1984, stating This is to confirm that we have hired your Lenin medal for one week commencing 4th August, 1984 1p., in corresponding envelope (2)

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Please note that the body of this medal is gold and the centre plaque of Lenin is platinum.

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James Bond [Roger Moore] is presented with the Order of Lenin by General Gogol at the end of the film in gratitude for Bond's actions in disposing of Max Zorin, with the words...The Order of Lenin for Comrade Bond, the first time ever awarded to a non-Soviet citizen...
The Order of Lenin (instituted in 1930) was the highest Soviet civilian Order and only presented for conspicuous service rendered to the U.S.S.R.

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