Russia, Imperial. An Order Of Saint Stanislaus, Military Division Ii Class Cross In Gold, C.1860 Auction 400 houses were provided

400 houses were provided

Silver Grade for Twenty Years' Exemplary Service (in silvered brass

(1836-1918 issue)

that he had no previous military service (a falsehood)

minor contact marks on reverse

Russia, Imperial. An Order Of Saint Stanislaus, Military Division Ii Class Cross In Gold, C.1860 Auction 400 houses were provided( , 2 ). Instituted in 1765. Type II (1856 1917). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with black enameled arms completing in ball finials and with ribbed fans adorning the outer edges, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, overlaid on each quadrant by finely detailed Romanov imperial eagles, featuring a central white enameled medallion bearing a Gold and enameled monogram of Saint Stanislaus, set