Russia, Imperial. A Rare Order of St. Anna, III Class Cross for Non-Christians in Gold, by Eduard Hold with raised oak leaves and

with raised oak leaves and acorns adorning each side of the tip

Nerissa was the only transport carrying Canadian troops to be lost during the Second World War

A Horseman’s Badge

along with a raised 12 mm wide border on the brim covered in silvered bullion wire

which could be incorporated in chivalric ideals

Russia, Imperial. A Rare Order of St. Anna, III Class Cross for Non-Christians in Gold, by Eduard Hold with raised oak leaves and( 3 ). Instituted 14 February 1735 by Duke Karl Friedrich of Holstein Gottorp; incorporated into Russian orders 15 April 1797 by Tsar Paul I of Russia. (1855 1917 issue; 1917 present by the House of Romanov in Exile). Constructed of Gold with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Cross Patte with red enameled arms, joined through the quadrants by gilded arabesque latticework, the obverse bearing a central pebbled Gold medallion overlaid by a raised