A Russian Soviet era cast and hand-chiseled copper plaque representing a portrait of Felix Dzerzhinsky, 1877 to 1926, a Soviet revolutionary and politician of Polish origin. From 1917 until his death in 1926, he led the first two Soviet secret police organizations, the Cheka and the OGPU, establishing state security organs for the Bolshevik government. Framed. Historical Collectibles, Soviet Relics, NKVD.