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 finely-detailed image of the crowned

finely-detailed image of the crowned Theotokos clutching the infant Christ

mounted to original five-sided brass suspension with pinback

(Abzeichen und Erinnerungsabzeichen)

(Orden del Mérito Civil

weighing 14 grams

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 finely-detailed image of the crowned( 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