Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class, by Keibel, c.1917 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: This membership stickpin was

Footnote: This membership stickpin was worn by Germans living in the Alsace-Lorraine Region of France who supported the annexation of that region to the Third German Reich in 1938

With 138 pages

loss of black wool around the crown

flanked on each side by wings

5 mm (in current position)

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class, by Keibel, c.1917 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Footnote: This membership stickpin was( , 4 ). Instituted 3 October 1782 (22 September O. S.) by Empress Catherine II. Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms trimmed with black enamelled borders, the obverse bearing a central black enamelled medallion overlaid by a hand painted ermine mantle, topped by a crown presenting a monogram of Saint Vladimir, situated within a gilded ring, the reverse bearing a central black