Russia, Imperial. An Order of Saint Stanislaus, II Class, c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked "Pareja" on the

maker marked "Pareja" on the reverse cartouche

when the Nazis attempted to harness the anti-Russian sentiment of Turkic peoples in Russia for political gain

being placed in the 5th Kraftfahr (motor transport) Company of Pilot Training Battalion 16

The album contains 20 black paper stock pages with 197 black-and-white photographs of Waffen-SS personnel training

Russia, Imperial. An Order of Saint Stanislaus, II Class, c. 1916 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac maker marked "Pareja" on theInstituted in 1765. A bronze gilt Maltese Cross in red enamel, each of the arms finished with two ball finials, four ribbed arches connecting paired points; four double headed crowned eagles with short wings at corners, centrepiece monogram SS surrounded by a ring of laurel, reverse centrepiece shows same monogram SS, marked, evidence of slight scratches on obverse cross arms, correct replacement ribbon, very fine condition. Footnote: The medal was