Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic engraved with an issue number

engraved with an issue number of “911”

It completes with a pommel consisting of a detailed lion’s head

He survived serious injuries in hospital only to die of Spanish flu during the early period of the pandemic on 18 October 1918

with the printed signature of Adolf Hitler

Underneath the eagle is a rose-pink embroidered soutache

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Vladimir, IV Class Cross, French-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic engraved with an issue number( 4 ). Instituted 3 October (22 September Old Style) 1782 by Empress Catherine II. (1782 1917 issue; c. 1925 migre reissue). Constructed of a gilded silver alloy with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms trimmed with black borders, the obverse bearing a central black enameled medallion overlaid by an ermine mantle defaced by the monogram of St. Vladimir and executed in hand applied gilt and paint, situated within