Russia, Imperial. A Orphanage Medal, C.1763 Hold According to the Soldbuch

According to the Soldbuch

a British Empire Service League Badge (in silvered bronze with red

showing wear with majority of silvering lost

mounted as worn for button hole wear

Instituted 13 December 1918 by by Zakhari Mdivani

Russia, Imperial. A Orphanage Medal, C.1763 Hold According to the SoldbuchConstructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse with a raised rightward facing profile of Catherine the Great, circumscribed by name and title in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse with a detailed depiction of a saint clutching a cross beside a kneeling female figure, topped by a Russian Cyrillic inscription of (AND YOU SHALL LIVE), with a date of 1763, the obverse marked with initials doe an unidentified maker,