Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Ivan Keibel, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity and April 1st of 1943

and April 1st of 1943

Having been wounded twice

William Oxenham of Petrolia

1938 and served as part of the German occupation force in Norway during the Second World War

in silvered metal (silver wash completely rubbed off)

Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Ivan Keibel, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity and April 1st of 1943( ). Instituted 7 May 1765 by Stanislaus II Augustus Pontiakowski. Reinstituted by Tsar Nicholas I in 1832. Of high quality manufacture by the workshop of Ivan Keibel, which was court purveyor from 1836 (until 1910), a superb ball tipped enameled red Maltese Cross in Gold, adorning by delicate ribbed fans in the exterior of each arm, the quadrants featuring detailed Romanov imperial Gold eagles, the obverse with a central enameled white medallion