WWI Army Class "C" War Service Badge - Silvered white metal
the boards are secured in place with integral loops at the outer edge and by pebbled magnetic metal buttons on the inner edge
(Luftwaffe Dolch für Offiziere mit Gehänge)
obverse ricasso maker marked "WILKINSON SWORD CO
Russia, Imperial. An Order of Saint Stanislaus in Gold, III Class, by A. Keibel, c. 1900 Auction WWI Army Class "C" WarInstituted in 1765. Type II. (1856 1917 Issue). A Gold maltese Cross in red enamel, each of the arms finished with two ball finials, four ribbed arches connecting paired points, four double headed crowned eagles with short wings at corners, centrepiece monogram SS surrounded by a ring of laurel, reverse centrepiece shows same monogram SS with the mark AK, on correct replacement ribbon, evidence of scratch on obverse cross arm, 41 mm (w) x 43. 8 mm