Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, II Class Cross with Swords, Oversized French-Made Example c. 1925 Buy Now a few foundation structures

a few foundation structures

when he was wounded by an exploding shell (shrapnel) at the Battle of Festubert in the Artois region of France

was an Apprentice Plumber and Stationary Engineer for four years before he came to Canada at the age of 17 in 1911

some 312 men (or 315 by another account) of the 27th Maine did choose to stay behind when they were asked

Miniature in Gold

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, II Class Cross with Swords, Oversized French-Made Example c. 1925 Buy Now a few foundation structures( , 2 ). Instituted 14 February 1735 by Duke Karl Friedrich of Holstein Gottorp; incorporated into Russian orders 15 April 1797 by Tsar Paul I of Russia. (1855 1917 issue; 1917 present by the House of Romanov in Exile). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by gilded arabesque latticework, the obverse bearing a central enameled medallion overlaid by a hand painted