Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, II Class Cross, German-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Auction Archive slight enamel chipping on left

slight enamel chipping on left obverse arm

having died of wounds on the Eastern Front shortly before his 30th birthday on 20 August 1943

measuring 78 mm (w) x 139 mm (l)

the remaining badge with a single push pin and missing its other push pin point

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, II Class Cross, German-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Auction Archive slight enamel chipping on left( . 2 ). Instituted 8 May 1765 by Stanisaw II August of Poland; incorporated into Russian orders 1831 by Tsar Nicholas I. (1831 1917 issue; c. 1925 migre reissue). Constructed of a gilded alloy with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with arms completing in ribbed fans and ball finials, joined together through the quadrants by intricate double headed imperial eagles, the obverse featuring red enamels, bearing a central white