Russia, Soviet Union. An Order Of The Patriotic War, I Class, Type Ii Newly Listed Kirby of Toronto

Kirby of Toronto

he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Winnipeg on 24 December 1914

while at the Hessian Trench

rim engraved 2547 PTE

Russia, Soviet Union. An Order Of The Patriotic War, I Class, Type Ii Newly Listed Kirby of Toronto( ). Instituted in 1942. Three piece construction, the insignia in silver with red and white enamels and incorporating a hammer and sickle in Gold in the centrepiece, mounted to a five pointed star base in Gold, each star point with nine emanating rays, weighing 38 grams, mint marked " " (Monetny Dvor) and number engraved "216568" on the reverse, measuring 44 mm (w) x 45. 8 mm (h), screwback, the insignia exhibiting multiple contact marks on the red