Russia, Imperial. A Kexholm Regiment Of The Imperial Guard Badge Archive three months and twenty-nine days'

three months and twenty-nine days' service in the Army

with one of two attachment pins intact

full-length fuller on both sides

He was a recipient of the War Merit Cross with Swords (16 May 1942)

Russia, Imperial. A Kexholm Regiment Of The Imperial Guard Badge Archive three months and twenty-nine days'Two piece construction, white patinated silver cross base with a recessed cross placed at the junction of the arms, the recessed cross bearing the gilt cypher of Peter the Great, the regiment's founder, and held in place via two prongs on the reverse, measuring 28. 5 mm (w) x 55. 7 mm (h), with screwback, wear and light contact evident in the white patination, better than very fine. Footnote: The white cross was originally etched on stone by Peter I