Russia, Imperial. An Order Of Saint Andrew, I Class, C. 1925 Archive An Azerbaijani Legion shield

An Azerbaijani Legion shield

measuring 9 cm (w) x 15

Arthur de Brisay Tremaine of the Marine and Fisheries Department in Ottawa

The best-recognized iteration of the Order arose with the amendments to the Order statutes made by Duke Francesco Farnese of Parma in 1705

38 mm (w) x 53

Russia, Imperial. An Order Of Saint Andrew, I Class, C. 1925 Archive An Azerbaijani Legion shield( ). Instituted 28 November 1698. Likely of French manufacture, circa 1925, constructed of silver gilt with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a crowned double headed Romanov Imperial Eagle with black enamelled spread wings highlighted with Gold feathering, overlaid by a blue enamelled Saint Andrews Cross, bearing a superimposed Saint Andrew the Apostle and Latin script letters SAPR for SANCTUS ANDREAS PATRONUS RUSSIAE (SAINT ANDREW, PATRON OF