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)

The interior is fully lined by black cotton throughout the torso

arriving in England on the 25th

demonstrating moderate surface oxidation

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,