Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Republic of marked by maker’s mark of

marked by maker’s mark of Bacqueville

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the reverse with a central white enameled medallion bearing a monogram of King Wilhelm I

Reinforcements (two battalions of the Royal Marines) were also moving up the St

Major in the Wehrmacht

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Republic of marked by maker’s mark of( 4 ). Instituted 3 October (22 September Old Style) 1782 by Empress Catherine II. (1782 1917 issue; c. 1925 migre reissue). Constructed of a gilded silver alloy with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms trimmed with black borders, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by an ermine mantle defaced by the monogram of St. Vladimir and executed in hand applied gilt and paint, situated within