Russia, Imperial. A Framed Icon Of Our Lady Of The Sign Of Novgorod, C.1900 United Republic of Born in 1902 into a

Born in 1902 into a Lutheran Protestant family

attached to a button marked CTRIA CARDENAL CISNEROS in brass

a First War period studio photo of Maier’s father Josef

measures 209 mm (w) x 126 mm (h)

hallmarked with an eagle's head on the reverse of the integral suspension

Russia, Imperial. A Framed Icon Of Our Lady Of The Sign Of Novgorod, C.1900 United Republic of Born in 1902 into aA framed and extremely well preserved icon of Our Lady of the Sign of Novgorod. Constructed of a gessoed and tooled wooden base with egg tempera, the obverse of the icon features a gilded base with an arabesque border, topped at the corners by black discs bearing Greek characters MP Y (Mother of God), surrounding a hand painted image of the Theotokos with hands raised in prayer at the moment of the Annunciation, cloaked in a red veil with a blue