Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Wartime-Issued Third Award visually-hidden Footnote: The Imperial Yeomanry was

Footnote: The Imperial Yeomanry was a British volunteer cavalry regiment that mainly saw action during the Second Boer War

he enlisted in the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve as an Aircraftsman 2nd Class and rose to become a Corporal

each in gilt aluminum on a red wool base

It was during this period that he was to earn recognition for actions that occurred on August 26

1967 and awarded to individuals or groups for services furthering communism or the state

Russia, Soviet Union. A Rare Order of the Red Banner, Type III, Wartime-Issued Third Award visually-hidden Footnote: The Imperial Yeomanry was( ). Constructed of a silver with gilt and enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon affixed to a pentagonal aluminum 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 , situated above a white enameled plaque bearing a numeral 3, surrounding a central white enameled medallion overlaid by a bayonet,