Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III. Class, in Gold, c. 1900 Auction Archive Naming is privately impressed

Naming is privately impressed

Saskatchewan Regiment

revealing the brass underneath

the cross presents a minor chip in the centre obverse and a flake in the centre reverse

the insignia embedded into a bronze plaque and affixed via a brass nut and washer

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III. Class, in Gold, c. 1900 Auction Archive Naming is privately impressed( ). Instituted February 14th, 1735. A Cross Patte constructed of 14kt Gold with red enameled arms, and with ornamented silver gilt patterns in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a white enameled centerpiece bearing the hand painted figure of St. Anna, the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, bearing the hand painted initials A. I. P. F. for the Latin Anna Imperatoris Petri Filia (Anna, Emperor Peters Daughter),