surrounded on four sides with braided silver-grey borders
The inside lapel on the left side has a cotton-lined pocket
with minor lost of blue enamels and lacking of ball finials on the 9 o’clock arm
1st Class (in brass
Gunner Ferguson suffered an injury to his left ankle and lower leg
Russia, Imperial. A St. George Cross, Iv Class, C.1913 Newly Listed surrounded on four sides withInstituted in 1807. In silver, reverse impressed "No 39" on the right arm and "344" on the left arm (No 39344), measuring 34 mm (w) x 40. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: The St. George Cross was established in a February 1807 decree of Emperor Alexander I, intended as a reward for "undaunted courage" by the lower ranks (soldiers, sailors and NCOs) of the military. On September 10, 1916, the