Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Restoration of the Winter Palace in Bronze, by Heinrich Gube Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with a central Stahlhelm overlaid

with a central Stahlhelm overlaid by a raised mobile swastika

The collar patch identifies him as a Sturmmann (Storm Trooper)

Kowang-San became so dangerous that American brass stopped visiting it

A mixed lot of three badges and insignia

On July 19

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Restoration of the Winter Palace in Bronze, by Heinrich Gube Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic with a central Stahlhelm overlaidConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised monogram of Tsar Nicholas I, topped by an inscription of (IN GRATITUDE), the reverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, circumscribed by dedications commemorating its 1838 restoration following a devastating fire in the previous year, the reverse marked with the dedication of engraver Heinrich Gube, St. Petersburg, measuring 34. 07 mm in diameter, weighing 21.