Russia, Imperial. A Medal Commemorating The Creation Of Parish Schools, C. 1909 certificate_of_authenticity SOUTHERN DIVISION 1947" on the

SOUTHERN DIVISION 1947" on the reverse

the 4th Armored Division received a strange order from XIIth US Corps: to form a Task Force to liberate a prisoner of war camp at Hammelburg about 80 km behind the enemy lines

but it was brought to earth by a crew member who had remained on board

he was appointed Major with C Squadron

They are two rows of fringes

Russia, Imperial. A Medal Commemorating The Creation Of Parish Schools, C. 1909 certificate_of_authenticity SOUTHERN DIVISION 1947" on theConstructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with a pentagonal bronze backplate and horizontal pinback, the obverse with raised leftward facing profiles of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsar Alexander III, circumscribed by names and titles in Russian Cyrillic, the reverse with a raised open book bearing the first eight letters of the Russian Cyrillic alphabet, flanked by dates 1884 1909, topped by a Russian Othodox cross, the