Russia, Imperial. A 1708 Count Fyodor Apraskin Commemorative Medal certificate_of_authenticity A Mint SS Gebirgstruppen Insignia/Badge

A Mint SS Gebirgstruppen Insignia/Badge - This type of cloth insignia/badge was worn by members of the SS Gebirgstruppen (Mountain Troops)

1” (“IN MEMORY OF MY SERVICE TIME - 1ST FALLSCHIRMJÄGER REGIMENT”)

As of 1854

and then to Unteroffizier (NCO) on May 1 upon enlisting for a minimum of twelve years

Russia, Imperial. A 1708 Count Fyodor Apraskin Commemorative Medal certificate_of_authenticity A Mint SS Gebirgstruppen Insignia/BadgeConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Count Fyodor Matveyevich Apraskin, circumscribed by name and title in Cyrillic, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of four Russian warships at sea, circumscribed by a Cyrillic inscription of DEATH IS BETTER THAN INFIDELITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE VIGILANT, situated above a date of 1708 indicating issue to commemorative Admiral Apraskins leadership during the Great