Russia, Imperial. A Orphanage Medal, C.1763 Hold mounted to a suspension bar

mounted to a suspension bar with swing bar pinback

6 Convalescent Depot at Etaples on November 12th

Stitched onto the peak is an insignia in the form of a black rayon trapezoid bearing a SS-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

and functional

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 333 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

Russia, Imperial. A Orphanage Medal, C.1763 Hold mounted to a suspension barConstructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Catherine the Great, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse with a detailed depiction of a saint clutching a cross beside a kneeling female figure, topped by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of (AND YOU SHALL LIVE), with a date of 1763, the obverse marked with initials doe an unidentified maker,