Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anne, III Class with Swords, by Dimitry Osipov, c.1917 Auction Archive Keitel lacked independent command authority

Keitel lacked independent command authority

a lion admiring a star on the left and a baobab tree at the right

bronze gilt and enamel

gray pebbled exterior

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anne, III Class with Swords, by Dimitry Osipov, c.1917 Auction Archive Keitel lacked independent command authority( ). Instituted February 14th, 1735. A Cross Patte constructed of bronze gilt with red enamelled arms, and with ornamented gilt patterns with crossed swords in the quadrants between the arms, the obverse with a white enamelled centerpiece bearing the hand painted figure of St. Anna, the reverse with a similar white enamelled medallion, bearing the hand painted initials A. I. P. F. for the Latin Anna Imperatoris Petri Filia (Anna, Emperor Peters