Russia, Imperial. A Medal in Memory of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of the Arts 1833, by Heinrich Gube Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Rare complete grouping to Pour-le-Merite

Rare complete grouping to Pour-le-Merite Winner

1982 and awarded for particularly honourable service rendered by military personnel for their participation in operational activities

Lokomotiven Werkstatt (national locomotive workshop) in Gleiwitz (modern day Gliwice

who later served with Panzergrenadier-Regiment 73

the trousers measure approximately 495 mm across the waist

Russia, Imperial. A Medal in Memory of the 50th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of the Arts 1833, by Heinrich Gube Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Rare complete grouping to Pour-le-MeriteConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Nicolas I executed in high relief, circumscribed by name and title, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of Apollo, resting his hand on a lyre and holding a laurel wreath over busts of Tsar Alexander I and Empress Catherine II ("the Great"), flanked by symbols of war, music, and the arts, circumscribed by an inscription of 1783 1818 (FOUNDED 1783 GRATEFULLY