Russia, Imperial. A Port Arthur Cross, c.1914 Auction Archive A fascinating and extremely well-preserved

A fascinating and extremely well-preserved private wartime photo album compiled by a soldier serving with 3

as well as having passed the Ayr Fighting Course

80 mm (w) x 58

the obverse depicting a leftward facing bust of Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ritter von Ludendorff

a set of Heer Signals Officer cuff insignia

Russia, Imperial. A Port Arthur Cross, c.1914 Auction Archive A fascinating and extremely well-preservedInstituted in 1914. In bronze, St. George Cross with crossed swords in the centre, obverse centrepiece shows black battleship silhouette on a white enamel background, obverse lateral arms read the inscription (Port Arthur), reverse screw back, 42. 7 mm, very fine condition. Footnote: The medal was instituted on 14 January 1914 to mark the tenth anniversary of the siege of Port Arthur. It was awarded in silver to officers and in bronze to other ranks.