Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, I Class Cross, German-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Republic of the suspension loop maker marked

the suspension loop maker marked “KO” for an unidentified by widely-documented manufacturer

On hearing this the Duke of Wellington issued stringent orders that under no consideration or excuse were troops to again enter the churches and chapels

which had been annihilated at the Battle of Stalingrad

surrounded by the enamelled flags of the central powers

Leonard Percival Fry served with the Royal Canadian Air Force for twenty-three and a half years

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, I Class Cross, German-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Republic of the suspension loop maker marked( I ). Instituted 14 February 1735 by Duke Karl Friedrich of Holstein Gottorp. (State issue 1797 1917; c. 1925 migre reissue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by intricate arabesque latticework, the obverse bearing a central enameled medallion overlaid by a hand painted image of St. Anna, situated within a circular gilded ring, the reverse