Russia, Imperial. A 1717 Medal For Peter The Great’s Visit To Paris, By Jean Duvivier Auction foto portrait as Feldwebel with

foto portrait as Feldwebel with visor cap and dagger

most of the bronze finish has been lost

There is no information about his career during the rest of the 1920s or indeed most of the 1930s

His services were called upon again in the Second World War

Freitag oversaw anti-Partisan operations in rearguard areas and assisted the Einsatzgruppen

Russia, Imperial. A 1717 Medal For Peter The Great’s Visit To Paris, By Jean Duvivier Auction foto portrait as Feldwebel withConstructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised and rightward facing profile of Tsar Peter I (the Great), circumscribed by name and title in Latin, the reverse bearing a raised and winged figure wielding trumpets, circumscribed by Latin dedications indicating that the medal was issued to commemorate the Tsars 1717 visit to Paris, the obverse bearing the mark of French medallist Jean Duvivier, measuring 60 mm in diameter, in extremely fine