Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Restoration of the Winter Palace in Bronze, by Heinrich Gube certificate_of_authenticity Golden-yellow Waffenfarbe piping adorns the

Golden-yellow Waffenfarbe piping adorns the crown

An attractive “Eisernes Kreuz 1939 1

Marked 138

each featuring brief content concerning the latter’s trial and imprisonment on manslaughter charges (owing to the execution of deserters during the Second World War) after his patriation to West Germany following incarceration for war crimes in both the Soviet Union and East Germany and prior to his release on 4 August 1960 (ironically timed with von Manteuffel’s own 18 month prison sentence

Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Restoration of the Winter Palace in Bronze, by Heinrich Gube certificate_of_authenticity Golden-yellow Waffenfarbe piping adorns theConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised monogram of Tsar Nicholas I, topped by an inscription of (IN GRATITUDE), the reverse bearing a central raised depiction of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, circumscribed by dedications commemorating its 1838 restoration following a devastating fire in the previous year, the reverse marked with the dedication of engraver Heinrich Gube, St. Petersburg, measuring 34. 07 mm in diameter, weighing 21.