Russia, Imperial. A Badge for Officers of the Don Cossack Troops, by Genrikh Buy Now in red box of issue

in red box of issue

circumscribing a manufacture date of “JUL 39”

and the dagger hanger free of loose threads

with horizontal and vertical pinbacks as well as a stick pin

the obverse of jawless Danziger-style Totenkopfs

Russia, Imperial. A Badge for Officers of the Don Cossack Troops, by Genrikh Buy Now in red box of issue( ). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by an elaborate depiction of the Order of St. George with a ribbon bearing dates 1570 1870, topped by a crowned monogram the Tsar, surrounding a gilded and enameled shield of the Don Cossack Army, the reverse with a matching oval backplate and nut, the former maker marked (GENRIKH or