Russia, Imperial. A Framed Icon Of Our Lady Of The Sign Of Novgorod, C.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac but they were soon joined

but they were soon joined by Southern Rhodesian and British volunteers

Crazing and surface wear evident on the upper and underside from active use

1914-15 Star and British War Medal

" So they packed us up

A grouping of three post war Austrian and German Veteran’s Organization badges

Russia, Imperial. A Framed Icon Of Our Lady Of The Sign Of Novgorod, C.1900 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac but they were soon joinedA framed and extremely well preserved icon of Our Lady of the Sign of Novgorod. Constructed of a gessoed and tooled wooden base with egg tempera, the obverse of the icon features a gilded base with an arabesque border, topped at the corners by black discs bearing Greek characters MP Y (Mother of God), surrounding a hand painted image of the Theotokos with hands raised in prayer at the moment of the Annunciation, cloaked in a red veil with a blue