Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, I Class Cross, German-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with Austrian import stamp on

with Austrian import stamp on pin

and four Photographs (one original panoramic group photo of Headquarters Company Number 1 taken at CWAC Training Centre in Kitchener

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After ten weeks' treatment and recovery at Etaples

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Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, I Class Cross, German-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac with Austrian import stamp on( 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