Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Delivery of Granite for the Monument to Peter the Great 1770, by Johann Jaeger Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 29/30 September 1918

29/30 September 1918

2nd Special Service Battalion

large Officer rosettes on the ribbons of the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau and the Tunisian Order of Glory

scratching of the scabbard paint

1953 Coronation Medal

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Delivery of Granite for the Monument to Peter the Great 1770, by Johann Jaeger Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 29/30 September 1918Constructed of a silvered zink alloy, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing bust of Empress Catherine II (the Great), circumscribed by name, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of a large block of granite arriving in St. Petersburg for use in the construction of a monument to Tsar Peter I (the Great), topped by an inscription of (AS BOLDNESS), and situated above a date of 20 JANUARY 1770, double marked with the dedication of Johann