Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 certificate_of_authenticity (2° Reggimento Alpini)

(2° Reggimento Alpini)

The 12 year Long Service award document is named to Oberbootsmannsmaat (junior NCO rank) Weilkes of the Commando Heavy Cruiser “Admiral Scheer”

Orange cotton with reinforced stitched edges

without push button (without hinge on the back of the box

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 certificate_of_authenticity (2° Reggimento Alpini)( 4 ). Instituted 3 October (22 September Old Style) 1782 by Empress Catherine II. (1782 1917 issue; c. 1925 migre reissue). Constructed of a gilded silver alloy with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms trimmed with black borders, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by an ermine mantle defaced by the monogram of St. Vladimir and executed in hand applied gilt and paint, situated within