Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Second Award Buy Now reverse engraved 3055037 PTE

reverse engraved 3055037 PTE

discolouration evident on the reverse

84 pages plus cover

Footnote: The Calcutta and Presidency Battalion were an auxiliary regiment formerly known as the Calcutta Volunteer Rifles

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Second Award Buy Now reverse engraved 3055037 PTE( ). Instituted 1 August 1924. (1943 1953 issue). Constructed of silver with gilt and multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal 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 , in addition to a white enameled plaque bearing a numeral 2, surrounding a central