Russia, Imperial. A Medal For The Annexation Of Crimea GTRexclude with the lower half of

with the lower half of the image overlaid by his handwritten signature in black ink

he was promoted to Major of the Police Force

A gas shell explosion forced him back into the trench

A Rare Macedonian VMRO Freedom or Death Merit Badge

before Chuck con­vinced former Second World War offi­cers that refresher train­ing was nec­es­sary

Russia, Imperial. A Medal For The Annexation Of Crimea GTRexclude with the lower half ofConstructed of tin, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing bust of Empress Catherine II (the Great), circumscribed by name and title in Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a detailed map of Crimea, southern Ukraine, and the Sea of Azov, situated above a Cyrillic inscription indicating that the medal was issued to commemorate the 1783 annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire (presented as 8 April according to the Old Style calendar, instead of