Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, III Class Cross with Swords, Austro-German Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Province of China 82mm (w) x 72

82mm (w) x 72

The dagger features a double-ridged magnetic blade with unsharpened edges and a untouched tip

and is commemorated on page 385 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance

The interior is fully lined with a multi-piece grey rayon liner

as well as functional dual hinges to secure the case shut

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, III Class Cross with Swords, Austro-German Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Province of China 82mm (w) x 72( . 3 ). Instituted 8 May 1765 by Stanisaw II August of Poland; incorporated into Russian orders 1831 by Tsar Nicholas I. (1831 1917 issue; c. 1925 migre reissue). Constructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with red enameled arms completing in ball finials and ribbed fans, the obverse overlaid across all quadrants with double headed Russian imperial eagles, with a pair of crossed swords piercing the