Russia, Imperial. A St. George Cross, III Class for First World War Service, to Ivan Naumovich Koval certificate_of_authenticity and is signed in black

and is signed in black ink by the Senior Army Doctor and Commander of the Medical Orderly Detachment Metz

consisting of a Maltese Cross with blue enameled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized flames

Chef d’escadron d’état-major

Footnote: The Fifteenth Air Force was established on November 1

Russia, Imperial. A St. George Cross, III Class for First World War Service, to Ivan Naumovich Koval certificate_of_authenticity and is signed in black( , 3 ). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of St. George slaying a dragon, the reverse bearing a central monogram of St. George ( for , or St. George), the three and nine oclock arms stamped with an award number of 115497 indicating issue to Ivan Naumovich Koval, the six oclock arm bearing an inscription of 3 indicating III Class, unmarked, measuring 34. 05 mm (w)