
RUSSIAN GOLD AND ENAMEL BADGE OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF ST. VLADIMIR, WITH SWORDS, FOURTH CLASS
circa 1900
The gold badge in the form of a cross with crossed swords between, one side enameled with the Cyrillic initials of the saint on a drapery mantle, the other side inscribed in Cyrillic, "22 September 1782," the date of the founding of the Order.