Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Wartime-Issued Third Award Auction Archive A Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

A Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (Médaille canadienne du volontaire)

Austro Hungarian Army Regimental Badge 1916 - Die-stamped metal

trademarked and approval pending

demonstrating moderate surface oxidation

The interior is fully lined by black cotton throughout the torso

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Wartime-Issued Third Award Auction Archive A Canadian Volunteer Service Medal( ). Constructed of a silver with gilt and enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal aluminum backplate with horizontal pinback, the obverse consisting of gilded circular wreath, joined together at the bottom by a red enameled banner bearing silvered Russian Cyrcillic letters , situated above a white enameled plaque bearing a numeral 3, surrounding a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a bayonet,