Russia, Imperial. A Nicholas I Regimental Badge United Republic of all of which he maintained

all of which he maintained until the beginning of the First World War

while an arrangement of horizontal threaded loops above the pocket facilitates a medal or ribbon bar

with an analogous reverse

reverse bears Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) tag with serial number “331788

Russia, Imperial. A Nicholas I Regimental Badge United Republic of all of which he maintainedA graduate badge from the Nikolaev Engineering School in St. Petersburg, Russia. A white enameled brass cross, hexagonal centerpiece in red and black enamels bearing the cipher of Tsar Nicholas I, reverse screw back inscribed with the name ., evidence of enamel damage restoration, late War period c. 1916 7, in fair condition. .