Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Second Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Includes: one I Class

Includes: one I Class

chipping evident in the red enamels on the shield

1st Type Civil

Officer’s embroidered nationality title

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Second Award consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Includes: one I Class( ). 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