Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Order for Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, III Class, by the State Mint United Republic of Romanov-style

Romanov-style

Stamped onto the reverse of the crossguard is a unit code of “S

a red silk booklet with text in both Cyrillic and Chinese

Silver Grade for Twenty Years' Exemplary Service and Bronze Grade for Ten Years' Exemplary Service

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Order for Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, III Class, by the State Mint United Republic of Romanov-style( III ). Instituted 28 October 1974. (1974 1991 issue). Constructed of silver with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a double layered eight pointed starburst, with the lower layer executed in light blue enamels and the upper layer with rays, with crossed rockets piercing the centrepiece, bearing a central toned anchor and wings defaced by a five pointed star, in turn situated within a circular oak leaf wreath and white enameled ring