Russia, Imperial. A Membership Badge of the Imperial Society of Russian Firemen, Pre-1909 Pattern Archive Ludenscheid

Ludenscheid

Stitched onto the cap band underneath the eagle is an insignia in the form of a padded black wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire tricolour cockade and wreath

obverse centre featuring a blue enamelled cross with red and white enamel borders

with a studio mark of “PHOTO-RYBAK

The tunic has been designed with a tapered-fit in mind

Russia, Imperial. A Membership Badge of the Imperial Society of Russian Firemen, Pre-1909 Pattern Archive LudenscheidConstructed of a silver alloy, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel and oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by a banner bearing initials . ( , or Imperial Society of Russian Firemen), joined together at the centre by the monogram of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, topped by a royal crown, surrounding a pair of crossed axes defaced by a firemans helmet, the reverse with a spring loaded vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, the