Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the Army Higher Engineering and Technical School Archive 145 mm x 120 mm

145 mm x 120 mm

secured together with an original paper stock wrapper featuring blank spaces for the addition of handwritten specs and inventory information

at the centre of a silver Maltese cross with arms bordered in white enamel

in turn bearing a machine-embroidered field-grey mobile swastika

Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the Army Higher Engineering and Technical School Archive 145 mm x 120 mmConstructed of a silver alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a ribbon defaced by initials ( ), surrounding a cluster of lightning bolts pierced by a crossed shovel and pickaxe, situated above an anchor, topped by a flaming grenade, and overlaid by a double headed Russian imperial eagle, the reverse with a central threaded screwpost retraining an original backplate, unmarked, measuring