Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III Class Cross with Swords, French-Made Example, c. 1916 Republic of is to train mobile troops

is to train mobile troops for particularly demanding coastal circumstances

evidence of chipping on obverse lateral cross arms

an older type

Approximately forty-six Nursing Sisters lost their lives during

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III Class Cross with Swords, French-Made Example, c. 1916 Republic of is to train mobile troops( , 3 ). Instituted 14 February 1735 by Duke Karl Friedrich of Holstein Gottorp; incorporated into Russian orders 15 April 1797 by Tsar Paul I of Russia. (1855 1917 issue; 1917 present by the House of Romanov in Exile). Constructed of gilded silver with enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by gilded arabesque latticework, the obverse bearing a central enameled medallion overlaid by a hand painted