Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Ivan Keibel, C.1870 Hold September 4

September 4

1914 Patriotic Iron Cross - In bronze

instituted in 1788

Corporal RYAN of the M G Sqdn who had already been shot through the arm volunteered to carry a message forward to B squdron

reverse illustrating a crown above a ribbon banner inscribed "CANADA" overlaying a maple leaf in the centre

Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Ivan Keibel, C.1870 Hold September 4( ). Instituted 7 May 1765 by Stanislaus II Augustus Pontiakowski. Reinstituted by Tsar Nicholas I in 1832. Of high quality manufacture by the workshop of Ivan Keibel, which was court purveyor from 1836 (until 1910), a superb ball tipped enameled red Maltese Cross in Gold, adorning by delicate ribbed fans in the exterior of each arm, the quadrants featuring detailed Romanov imperial Gold eagles, the obverse with a central enameled white medallion