Russia, Soviet Union. A Pair of Awards Hold 1869 as The Provisional Battalion

1869 as The Provisional Battalion of Quebec

consisting of panels of heavy red

1957 Issue -  Official denazified "1957" issue for Veterans wear (as WWII awards were not allowed for wear)

Original typeset two-page citation for Lieutenant Henry Robinson Howitt

Russia, Soviet Union. A Pair of Awards Hold 1869 as The Provisional Battalion1. An Order of the Red Banner, Type IV, constructed of a silver with gilt and 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 , surrounding a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a bayonet, hammer, and plow, in turn bearing