Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the 56th Zhitomir Infantry Regiment of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Auction Archive Footnote: The Polish Riflemen’s Association

Footnote: The Polish Riflemen’s Association (PRA) (“Związek Strzelecki”) were Polish paramilitary organizations that formed in large numbers prior to to the First War

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who fought with distinction within Austro-Hungarian Army

two with dual prong pinbacks

Issued in 1973

Russia, Imperial. A Badge of the 56th Zhitomir Infantry Regiment of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich Auction Archive Footnote: The Polish Riflemen’s AssociationConstructed 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