Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Wartime-Issued Third Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 118 mm (w) x

measuring 118 mm (w) x 90 mm (h)

62 mm (w) x 39

Three and a half weeks later

in otherwise near mint condition

similarly perforated with holes through which are looped bronze hangers

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Wartime-Issued Third Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 118 mm (w) x( ). 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,