Russian Empire. Badge of the 1st Battery of the 8th Artillery for the lower ranks. Officially approved on the 20th of January, 1912. Badge is a Militia cross. On the rays of the cross there are cyphers of the Emperors of Alexander I and Nicholas II completed by the Imperial crowns and dates "1803" and "1903". In the center of the cross there is numeral "8" above two crossed cannons.
Unicum, very rare.
Bronze. Size 45*45mm.