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Balsan Encheres
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1st World War - Rare travelled letter RUSSIAN LEGION *.
See original version (French)
293
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1st World War - Rare travelled letter RUSSIAN LEGION *.
See original version (French)
Estimate
€75
Voluntary lot
Description
1st World War - Rare travelled letter RUSSIAN LEGION *.
Letter with regimental stamp at 10 Kopecks, date stamped 6 April 1915, vertical 51 x 27 mm, serrated presenting in a crown, from bottom to top: the imperial arms crowned double-headed eagle with St George in the centre + flag of the imperial navy + red-blue-white tricolour flag of Russia.
* RUSSIAN LEGION: a contingent of around 40,000 men sent by the Tsar of Russia to fight alongside the French in the First World War, first on the Eastern Front in Salonika and then on French soil after being equipped and trained at the Mailly en Champagne military camp.
See original version (French)
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ID: 87494112
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