Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the 56th Zhitomir Infantry Regiment of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Auction Archive wearing an HJ Shooting Badge

wearing an HJ Shooting Badge

Issued in 1973

the reverse retaining an intact Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) label with a maker’s code of “A4/192” and a secondary code of “466064”

presents a round disc with Tunisian symbols

who fought with distinction within Austro-Hungarian Army

Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the 56th Zhitomir Infantry Regiment of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Auction Archive wearing an HJ Shooting BadgeConstructed of bronze, consisting of a vaulted Cross Patte, the obverse of the arms joined through the quadrants by the monograms of Tsars Alexander I, Nicholas I, Alexander III, and Nicholas II, bearing a central ribbed Geneva Cross overlaid by a disc featuring a circular laurel leaf wreath surrounding a raised number 349 (the number of days of the SIege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War), the three and nine oclock arms bearing raised dates 1811