Russia, Imperial. A St. George Cross, IV Class for First World War Service, to Semyon Nikolaevich Vereshchagin Archive The role of the SBS

The role of the SBS was little known until it came to prominence in the Falklands conflict

the reverse bearing a central raised mountainscape

but textbook medal struck by the Viennese maker G

marked “RZM M5/117” for “Walter Heinrich Schmidt

1918 for six weeks

Russia, Imperial. A St. George Cross, IV Class for First World War Service, to Semyon Nikolaevich Vereshchagin Archive The role of the SBS( , 4 ). Constructed of a silver alloy, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse bearing a central raised depiction of St. George slaying a dragon, the reverse bearing a central monogram of St. George ( for , or St. George), the three and nine oclock arms stamped with an award number of 527743 indicating issue to Semyon Nikolaevich Vereshchagin, the six oclock arm bearing an inscription of 4 indicating IV Class, unmarked,