Russia, Imperial. A Cross Of St. George, Iii Class, C.1917 Hold eleven kilometres northwest of Arras

eleven kilometres northwest of Arras and is commemorated on page 283 of the First World War Book of Remembrance

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gilt wear and fine scattered chipping evident in the black paint

the leather harness and other internals have been removed and replaced with a steel plate that is welded to the helmet on four spots

Russia, Imperial. A Cross Of St. George, Iii Class, C.1917 Hold eleven kilometres northwest of Arras( , 3 ). Instituted February 1807 by Tsar Alexander I. (1807 1917 issue). Constructed of silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of St. George slaying a dragon, the reverse bearing a central raised disc with Cyrillic characters (SG) as the saints monogram, the three and nine oclock arms etched with a number of 184111, the six oclock arm bearing an inscription of 3 (3RD CLASS), the twelve