The Red Army had in the days following their defeat Tsaritsyn entered a state of hiding. They tried their best to recruit new members to replace their losses suffered in the Volga Region. While the Tsarist forces secured the areas outside Tsaritsyn, arresting, interrogating, and executing anyone with sufficient evidence of supporting the Red Army or the Bolshevik Party.
Meanwhile, Bruno had begun to petition the Kaiser for a very specific request. To put it simply with the number of foreign volunteers who had joined the Iron Division, all of which were active soldiers in the German Armed Forces, Bruno felt a medal should be created specifically for their participation in the Russian Civil War.
Because of this, Bruno drafted a design for this Medal which he felt was appropriate. It was interestingly enough based upon a medal issued to Freikorps Groups which fought during the Russian Civil War during his previous life.
