Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the 23rd Nizovsky Infantry Regiment of Field Marshal Count Saltykov, by S. Lipchinski consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the des Deutschen Kreuzes in

the des Deutschen Kreuzes in Gold part is crossed out and replaced with the typewritten title Ritterkreuzes zum Eisernen Kreuz (Recommendation Nr

The obverse ricasso features a maker’s mark of “ORIGINAL EICKHORN

with moderate material fatigue evident to the lanyard

backed by an open-ended wreath composed of a branch of laurel leaves at the left and a branch of oak leaves at the right

Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the 23rd Nizovsky Infantry Regiment of Field Marshal Count Saltykov, by S. Lipchinski consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the des Deutschen Kreuzes inConstructed of gilded bronze, the obverse consisting of a central oval medallion overlaid by the interlaced monograms of Empress Catherine I and Tsar Nicholas II, situated within a laurel leaf border, flanked by arabesques, topped by a crown, and situated above a banner bearing a number 100 and inscription of 23 . (23RD NIZOVSKY REGIMENT), the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining an original wide backplate, the latter maker marked . , for S.