A Soviet Order Of Alexander Nevsky For Bravery In Finland 1945 Consignment 17 GTRexclude was acting as Assistant Deputy

was acting as Assistant Deputy Postmaster-General at Ottawa at the time of enlisting in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in September 1914

shortly after earning his Torpedo Gunners Mate rating at H

on Atlantic convoys for at least a year

Lapland (black and white

A Soviet Order Of Alexander Nevsky For Bravery In Finland 1945 Consignment 17 GTRexclude was acting as Assistant DeputyA Soviet Order of Alexander Nevsky for Bravery in Finland 1945 Silver gilt with red enamels, Monetny Dvor maker mark and number hand engraved "24071" on the reverse, 49. 2 mm x 51. 2 mm, screwback, enamel chipping on lower right star point, light contact and gilt wear, better than very fine. Accompanied by a duo tang folder with colour photocopies of two award documents and his biography. (C: 17). Footnote: Sergei Sergeevich Labanov was born in 1913