Soviet Union. An Order Of The Red Banner For Second-Time Recipient certificate_of_authenticity 203 mm x 258 mm)

203 mm x 258 mm)

with award document (dated 11 September 1903)

5 mm (w) x 53 mm (h) inclusive of its silver gilt coat-of-arms suspension

Victor Taboika page

The blade sits securely within a one-piece nickel-plated metal hilt with a hooked quillion and hollow insertion slot featuring a functional push-button spring release

Soviet Union. An Order Of The Red Banner For Second-Time Recipient certificate_of_authenticity 203 mm x 258 mm)( a ). Instituted on 16 September 1918. Type IV. An oval badge in gilded silver, the obverse presenting a motif of the order consisting of a red enamelled banner, a red star, a hammer, plow, torch and bayonet on white enamelled field with a surrounding wreath, the banner reads (Workers of the world unite!), the small red enamelled ribbon at the bottom presents the Cyrillic letters (the USSR), below that a white enamelled shield bearing the number 2