Russia, Imperial. A Rare Photograph Of 1885 Ceremony With Tsar Alexander III United Republic of with the Kensington Battalion assaulting

with the Kensington Battalion assaulting the enemy's trenches

Upon receiving his commission

1915 and soon embarked for service in the French theatre

Mercantile Marine War Medal (in bronze

the reverse is marked “72041”

Russia, Imperial. A Rare Photograph Of 1885 Ceremony With Tsar Alexander III United Republic of with the Kensington Battalion assaultingBlack and white photograph, faded to a sepia toned look, obverse illustrating an official Russian Orthodox ceremony taking place in front of a large tent involving Tsar Alexander III, with numerous individuals in military attire, along with others in flowing robes throughout the panorama, the campus decorated with various flags and pennants, a large banner with the crowned cypher of the Tsar emblazoned upon it behind the tent, with a flag flying from