Russia, Imperial. A Cross Of St. George, I Class, Type Iv, C. 1917 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac employed as a mail carrier

employed as a mail carrier and married to Charlotte "Lottie" Griffner Chilstedt

soon after the outbreak of the First World War and the subsequent call to arms in the Dominion of Canada

with an enameled red border inscribed by Arabic characters

slight enamel chipping and hairline cracks to white enamels

with the sleeves lined in sage green cotton

Russia, Imperial. A Cross Of St. George, I Class, Type Iv, C. 1917 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac employed as a mail carrier( ). Instituted in 1807. In bronze gilt, the reverse number marked "No. 39" and "994" (39,994) on the reverse of the arms at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock respectively, along with being marked First Class in Russian on the arm at 6 o'clock, marked with a "" (ZH) and an "" (M) on the same respective arms, measuring 34 mm (w) x 41 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, exhibiting oxidation and greening on the obverse, with spotting and light contact overall,