a Tzarist-era enlisted infantry pattern with dented brass rectangular buckle bearing double-headed Russian eagle on unmarked brown leather belt 1.875" wide. PLUS, a WWI German brass plate with Saxony PROVIDENTIAE MEMOIR motto and crown ("Remembering God's Care") on a black leather belt of later vintage. The bottom edge of the brass plate is regimentally marked 181 R. 4. II.
Condition report
Both plates with surface dents, the Russian plate heavily, about G.
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Historic Militaria and Americana
9:00 AM PT - May 2nd, 2008
offered by
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
6270 Este Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45232
Cincinnati, OH 45232
