Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the 56th Zhitomir Infantry Regiment of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Hold (Medalla al Ejército Aliado contra

(Medalla al Ejército Aliado contra el Gobierno de Paraguay)

The dagger remains in a near extremely fine condition

spotting on the reverse)

two letters to his wife after he had gone missing in action

Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the 56th Zhitomir Infantry Regiment of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Hold (Medalla al Ejército Aliado contraConstructed of bronze, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse of the arms joined through the quadrants by the monograms of Tsars Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander III, and Nicholas II, bearing a central ribbed Geneva Cross overlaid by a disc featuring a circular laurel leaf wreath surrounding a raised number 349 (the number of days of the SIege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War), the three and nine oclock arms bearing raised dates 1811