Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St.stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Julius Keibel, C.1880 Hold until the end of the

until the end of the war)

1944 and later

relatively smooth to the touch

Signature on Post War Photo: Walter Kruger

Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St.stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Julius Keibel, C.1880 Hold until the end of theInstituted 7 May 1765 by Stanislaus II Augustus Pontiakowski. Reinstituted by Tsar Nicholas I in 1832. Of superb quality in Gold, consisting of a Maltese Cross with ball finials and red enameled obverse arms, with ribbed fans adorning the exterior of each arm and Romanov imperial eagles joining the quadrant, with a central white enameled applique with a red Latin script monogram of Saint Stanislaus, surrounded by a ring of Gold with green enameled