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

presenting a central stain on the lining

Constructed of a black rayon-blended material with a buckram core

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

Friedrich III

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.