Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, I Class Cross, German-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Auction while an additional narrow pocket

while an additional narrow pocket is set into the lower edge of the right breast flap

Knee swelled

A grouping of three third reich German military insignia

the reverse bears the makers mark E

Strauss had two younger brothers

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, I Class Cross, German-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Auction while an additional narrow pocket( I ). Instituted 14 February 1735 by Duke Karl Friedrich of Holstein Gottorp. (State issue 1797 1917; c. 1925 migre reissue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by intricate arabesque latticework, the obverse bearing a central enameled medallion overlaid by a hand painted image of St. Anna, situated within a circular gilded ring, the reverse