Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1922 certificate_of_authenticity Shortwave radio operation was another

Shortwave radio operation was another popular activity

and laid to rest in 1944

marked “900” for silver content”

It is a preliminary certificate for the Iron Cross 2nd Class to Obergefreiter (Senior Lance Corporal) Fritz Witzel of the Staff Company of Sicherungs-Regiment (Occupying Regiment) 1

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1922 certificate_of_authenticity Shortwave radio operation was another( III ). Instituted 14 February 1735 by Duke Karl Friedrich of Holstein Gottorp. (State issue 1797 1917; c. 1922 migre reissue). Constructed of a gilded alloy 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