Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Ann, III Class in Gold with Swords, c.1905 visually-hidden the top and bottom edges

the top and bottom edges of the belt trimmed in white embroidery

The letter is dated to September 4

with red and white enamelled cross

that he had served with the 1st Infantry Battalion (1914-1919) and the 3rd Battalion Engineers CEF in England and France

He was a resident of Ottawa

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Ann, III Class in Gold with Swords, c.1905 visually-hidden the top and bottom edges( ). Instituted February 14, 1735. A lovely St. Anne, constructed of 14K Gold, consisting of a red enamelled cross with ornamented Gold patterns and swords in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a white enamelled centerpiece bearing the hand painted figure of St. Anna, the reverse with a similar white enamelled medallion, bearing the hand painted initials A. I. P. F. for the Latin Anna Imperatoris Petri Filia (Anna, Emperor