on two combat patrols and sank or captured twelve ships
in moderately worn condition
ranging in size from 57 mm x 83 mm to 121 mm x 166 mm
The term "philomatic" (in French
hand embroidered in bright
Russia, Imperial. An Artillery Regiment Helmet Plate, C.1916 certificate_of_authenticity on two combat patrols andDie stamped bronze gilt, unmarked, illustrating the Russian coat of arms used between 1883 and 1917, with a crowned double headed Imperial eagle bearing a shield of its breast, the shield showing St. George slaying the dragon, four smaller regional shields on each wing, a sceptre in its claws on the left and an orb bearing a cross in its claws on the right, backed by crossed cannons, 109. 5 mm x 112. 5 mm, all prongs intact, gilt has worn off the