A Soviet Medal For The Defence Of Kiev Buy Now Lord Strathcona recruited and equipped

Lord Strathcona recruited and equipped the cavalry regiment at his own expense for service in South Africa

with a regimental numbering system indicating 13

five panels on either side with various military insignia

This was a not untypical instance of a senior naval officer taking to the skies with the Royal Naval Air Service

1895 in Ottawa

A Soviet Medal For The Defence Of Kiev Buy Now Lord Strathcona recruited and equippedA Soviet Medal for the Defence of Kiev; Brass, 32 mm, original ribbon, mounted to a five sided aluminum suspension with pinback, black spot on the obverse, contact marks and surface wear, very fine. (C: 41)