Russian, Imperial. A Fire Brigade Helmet Plate Hold and a flat vertical pinback

and a flat vertical pinback

Colonel Markley returned to the United States

The shirt measures 530 mm across the shoulders and 890 mm in length overall

consisting of a four-armed wavy cross with purple enameled arms and three purple enameled rays in each quadrant

in October 1946

Russian, Imperial. A Fire Brigade Helmet Plate Hold and a flat vertical pinbackConstructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of a detailed double headed Romanov imperial eagle, clutching an orb and sceptre, overlaying cross axes, bearing a central raised shield depicting St. George slaying a dragon, with wings bearing regional coats of arms, the reverse with both attachment prongs intact, unmarked, measuring 105 mm (w) x 110 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.