Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the 23rd Nizovsky Infantry Regiment of Field Marshal Count Saltykov, by S. Lipchinski consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including a Nationalsozialistischer Reichsverband der

including a Nationalsozialistischer Reichsverband der deutschen Arbeitsopfer (NS Association of German Victims of Industrial Accidents) membership badge

with the words “GOTT MIT UNS 1914” in each of the arms

the des Deutschen Kreuzes in Gold part is crossed out and replaced with the typewritten title Ritterkreuzes zum Eisernen Kreuz (Recommendation Nr

The obverse ricasso features a maker’s mark of “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the 23rd Nizovsky Infantry Regiment of Field Marshal Count Saltykov, by S. Lipchinski consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac including a Nationalsozialistischer Reichsverband derConstructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a central oval medallion overlaid by the interlaced monograms of Empress Catherine I and Tsar Nicholas II, situated within a laurel leaf border, flanked by arabesques, topped by a crown, and situated above a banner bearing a number 100 and inscription of 23 . (23RD NIZOVSKY REGIMENT), the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining an original wide backplate, the latter maker marked . , for S.