Russia, Imperial. A Kexholm Regiment Of The Imperial Guard Badge Archive and eight Regimental Badges (one

and eight Regimental Badges (one is silvered metal with red

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

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

full-length fuller on both sides

Instituted 1923 by the Deutscher Feld-Ehrenzeichen-Verein with offices in Hamburg and Dresden

Russia, Imperial. A Kexholm Regiment Of The Imperial Guard Badge Archive and eight Regimental Badges (oneTwo 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