Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, II Class with Swords, in Gold United Republic of with wrist chain)

with wrist chain)

During the first half of the 1940s

arriving in England on October 10th

Obverse inscription “H

Canadian Railway Troops on July 25th

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, II Class with Swords, in Gold United Republic of with wrist chain)( , 2 ). Instituted in 1765. Type II (1856 1917). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with each arm completing in ball finials and with ribbed fans adorning the outer edges, the obverse arms finished in red enamels, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, overlaid on each quadrant by finely detailed Romanov imperial eagles, featuring a central white enamelled medallion bearing a hand painted red