Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St.stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Julius Keibel, C.1880 Newly Listed 32 mm x 56

32 mm x 56

with 3 rank promotions from Gefreiten up to Feldwebel

A few thousand of the remaing helmets of this type were steam rolled over and used as land fill in order to make new barracks

By early April 1945

the obverse with “OL” and “Wesel” embroidered in black stitching

Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St.stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Julius Keibel, C.1880 Newly Listed 32 mm x 56Instituted 7 May 1765 by Stanislaus II Augustus Pontiakowski. Reinstituted by Tsar Nicholas I in 1832. Of superb quality in Gold, consisting of a Maltese Cross with ball finials and red enameled obverse arms, with ribbed fans adorning the exterior of each arm and Romanov imperial eagles joining the quadrant, with a central white enameled applique with a red Latin script monogram of Saint Stanislaus, surrounded by a ring of Gold with green enameled