Russia, Imperial. A Port Arthur Cross, c.1914 Auction Archive A fascinating and extremely well-preserved

A fascinating and extremely well-preserved private wartime photo album compiled by a soldier serving with 3

framed by an open-ended wreath of laurel leaves with a ribbon banner at its base inscribed "POR VUESTRA LIBERTAD Y LA NUESTRA" (For Your Liberty and Ours)

with a small patch of nickel plating lost on the obverse

a set of Heer Signals Officer cuff insignia

before becoming the Director of Organisation for London 1948

Russia, Imperial. A Port Arthur Cross, c.1914 Auction Archive A fascinating and extremely well-preservedInstituted in 1914. In bronze, St. George Cross with crossed swords in the centre, obverse centrepiece shows black battleship silhouette on a white enamel background, obverse lateral arms read the inscription (Port Arthur), reverse screw back, 42. 7 mm, very fine condition. Footnote: The medal was instituted on 14 January 1914 to mark the tenth anniversary of the siege of Port Arthur. It was awarded in silver to officers and in bronze to other ranks.