Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Anne, 4Th Class Badge Archive 1st class for officers

1st class for officers

on December 22

A Third Reich period “Helft den Deutschen Jugendherbergen/Help the German Youth Hostels” badge

297 mm x 382 mm)

with crazing on the neck guard

Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Anne, 4Th Class Badge Archive 1st class for officersIn bronze gilt with red enamels, measuring 21. 2 mm (w) x 30. 2 mm (h), intact screwpost with securing nut, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Saint Anne was established as a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein Gottorp, on February 14, 1735, in honour of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great of Russia. The motto of the Order is "Amantibus