Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, II Class with Swords, in Gold Archive and 3 on June 6

and 3 on June 6

A pair of paper items signed by Generalmajor Herbert Michaelis (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross

who participated alongside Churchill while awaiting the outcome of the 1945 general election

with minor discolouration evident to the paper

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, II Class with Swords, in Gold Archive and 3 on June 6( , 2 ). Instituted in 1765. Type II (1856 1917). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with each arm completing in ball finials and with ribbed fans adorning the outer edges, the obverse arms finished in red enamels, with crossed swords piercing the centrepiece, overlaid on each quadrant by finely detailed Romanov imperial eagles, featuring a central white enamelled medallion bearing a hand painted red