Russia, Imperial. A Badge for Officers of the Don Cossack Troops, by Genrikh consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac mounted to a maroon

mounted to a maroon

1955 issue modeled after the Grand Cross

European marks (American makers did not use marks) are illustrated and identified

22 mm x 80

Russia, Imperial. A Badge for Officers of the Don Cossack Troops, by Genrikh consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac mounted to a maroon( ). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by an elaborate depiction of the Order of St. George with a ribbon bearing dates 1570 1870, topped by a crowned monogram the Tsar, surrounding a gilded and enameled shield of the Don Cossack Army, the reverse with a matching oval backplate and nut, the former maker marked (GENRIKH or