Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Ivan Keibel, C.1870 United Republic of 1944 and signed in pencil

1944 and signed in pencil by Oberst (Colonel) and Leader of the 188th Mountain Troop Division

it is unknown to the collector community and may likely be a one-of-a-kind prototype

and a Westfall Commemorative Medal ribbon

Shoulder Badges

the reverse centre presents the Roman numeral XX (20)

Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Ivan Keibel, C.1870 United Republic of 1944 and signed in pencil( ). Instituted 7 May 1765 by Stanislaus II Augustus Pontiakowski. Reinstituted by Tsar Nicholas I in 1832. Of high quality manufacture by the workshop of Ivan Keibel, which was court purveyor from 1836 (until 1910), a superb ball tipped enamelled red Maltese Cross in Gold, adorning by delicate ribbed fans in the knee of each arm, the quadrants featuring detailed Romanov imperial Gold eagles, the obverse with a central enamelled white medallion