Russia, Imperial. An Infantry Group Photograph 1890-1893 Province of China 30mm x 460 mm

30mm x 460 mm

A commemorative Cross of the Fatherland Ladies Association of the Red Cross (also commonly referred to as the Fatherland Ladies Association for Providing Aid and Care to the Wounded in the War)

the 126th Battalion (Peel)

Instituted October 1882

in which the Soviet Union and the United States supported opposing factions

Russia, Imperial. An Infantry Group Photograph 1890-1893 Province of China 30mm x 460 mmRussia (Imperial); Black and white, faded to a sepia toned look, obverse illustrating a group of twenty Russian soldiers, in a forested setting, one wearing a series of shooting excellence badges along with a medal on his breast, six others wearing shooting excellence badges on their right breasts, 123 mm x 170 mm, mounted to a 202 mm x 253 mm white faced board, the photo framed in a Gold coloured ornate border, handwritten inscription in black ink in