Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Banner, Type III consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Battalion was raised

Footnote: The Battalion was raised in Leeds and Grenville Counties of Ontario

The Order was discontinued on June 15

Queen Kossamak was named to "symbolize" the throne

lightly soiled recessed medal bed on a raised platform

'A Chinese and a Russian'

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Banner, Type III consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Battalion was raised( ). 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 , surrounding a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a bayonet, hammer, and plow, in turn bearing a red enameled star