Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Abzeichen und Erinnerungsabzeichen)

(Abzeichen und Erinnerungsabzeichen)

she was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal

featuring eight individual arms alternating with blue and white enameling

weighing 14 grams

mounted to original five-sided brass suspension with pinback

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic (Abzeichen und Erinnerungsabzeichen)( 4 ). Instituted 3 October (22 September Old Style) 1782 by Empress Catherine II. (1782 1917 issue; c. 1925 migre reissue). Constructed of a gilded silver alloy with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms trimmed with black borders, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by an ermine mantle defaced by the monogram of St. Vladimir and executed in hand applied gilt and paint, situated within