Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Anne, 4Th Class Badge certificate_of_authenticity Runkle landed at Omaha Beach

Runkle landed at Omaha Beach with the 81st Infantry Division

Subsequently employed as an advertising manager

when he was again transferred

running the full length of the belt

Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Anne, 4Th Class Badge certificate_of_authenticity Runkle landed at Omaha BeachIn bronze gilt with red enamels, measuring 21. 2 mm (w) x 30. 2 mm (h), intact screwpost with securing nut, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Saint Anne was established as a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein Gottorp, on February 14, 1735, in honour of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great of Russia. The motto of the Order is "Amantibus