Russia, Imperial. A Cossack Chokha Province of China Newfoundland Volunteer Service Medal

Newfoundland Volunteer Service Medal

Light wear evident on both the upper and underside

with other crosses bearing the names of other Canadian soldiers

63mm (h) and weighing at 15

Russia, Imperial. A Cossack Chokha Province of China Newfoundland Volunteer Service MedalA rare and very well preserved Imperial period Cossack chokha, constructed of black wool. The shoulders are flanked by boards constructed of golden yellow wool with a buckram core, and which are topped by silver aluminum wire tresses bisected by a single length of red machine emroidered piping and pinned with dual gilded stars (corresponding to an Imperial Army rank of Podporuchik). Each measuring 62 mm (w) x 145 mm (l), the boards are affixed in