Belt with a repeating ornate embroidered design incorporating the Croatian interlace in maroon sewn upon a gray felt upper
four characters on the reverse center meaning “Grand Merit Decoration” surrounded by four rivets affixing the central medallion to the obverse
maker marked "GUCCIONE ROMA" on the reverse of the two-piece trophy-of-arms suspension
enlisting as a Gunner with "C" Battery
the handle with supports bearing floral motifs butting it and resting upon the blade on both sides
Russia, Imperial. A Medal for the Opening of the Second Ladoga Canal 1866, by Pavel Brunitsyn Hold Belt with a repeating ornateConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and leftward facing profile of Tsar Alexander II, circumscribed by an inscription of I 1861 . 1866 . (THE SECOND LADOGA CANAL BEGAN IN 1861. OPENED IN 1866.), the reverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Tsar Peter I (the Great), circumscribed by an inscription of I 1719 . 1731 . (THE FIRST LADOGA CANAL BEGAN IN 1719. OPENED IN 1731.), the obverse engraver marked with the dedication
