Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1922 certificate_of_authenticity LANDESVEREIN KURHESSEN 1903"

LANDESVEREIN KURHESSEN 1903"

with HJ symbol factory attached to one side of the handle

second name from the left)

Constructed of black and grey wool with silver aluminum wire

91 (w) to top of cross on crown suspension)

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1922 certificate_of_authenticity LANDESVEREIN KURHESSEN 1903"( 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