Russia, Imperial. A Kazan Military School Badge GTRexclude with Chinese characters on reverse

with Chinese characters on reverse

measuring 950 mm (w) x 565 mm (h)

impressed around the rim "HERZOGTH GOTHA VND ALTENBVRG MDCCCXIV-MDCCCXV"

and includes cracking and flaking throughout the exterior

Russia, Imperial. A Kazan Military School Badge GTRexclude with Chinese characters on reverseInstituted April 1915. In bronze and silvered bronze, a white enamel cross with blue border, the center has been superimposed with the combined monogram of Alexander II and Nicholas II surmounted by an imperial crown, behind the cross sits an oxidized shield with the dates 1866 and 1909 between the 9 and 12 and the 12 and 3 oclock arms, with the inscription translating to CONQUER OR DIE, with crossed swords behind the shield bearing the hits and the