Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III Class Cross with Swords, French-Made Example, c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the left upper arm bears

the left upper arm bears a sleeve insignia in the form of a police-style German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika machine-embroidered in silver aluminum bullion wire

and issued by the Versorgungsamt (pension office) Bayreuth

the epaulettes are bordered by silvered bronze rings

(Wisam al-Istiqial)

55438 Sergeant Frederick Harvey

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III Class Cross with Swords, French-Made Example, c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the left upper arm bears( , 3 ). Instituted 14 February 1735 by Duke Karl Friedrich of Holstein Gottorp; incorporated into Russian orders 15 April 1797 by Tsar Paul I of Russia. (1855 1917 issue; 1917 present by the House of Romanov in Exile). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by gilded arabesque latticework, the obverse bearing a central enameled medallion overlaid by a hand painted