Russia, Imperial. A Framed Icon Of Our Lady Of The Sign Of Novgorod, C.1900 Auction Archive with a raised golden and

with a raised golden and crowned “W”

to raise money for and bring attention to the occupation of Czechoslovakia

Three of the photos illustrate a single soldier

with two birds above

with leather strap and buckle)

Russia, Imperial. A Framed Icon Of Our Lady Of The Sign Of Novgorod, C.1900 Auction Archive with a raised golden andA framed and extremely well preserved icon of Our Lady of the Sign of Novgorod. Constructed of a gessoed and tooled wooden base with egg tempera, the obverse of the icon features a gilded base with an arabesque border, topped at the corners by black discs bearing Greek characters MP Y (Mother of God), surrounding a hand painted image of the Theotokos with hands raised in prayer at the moment of the Annunciation, cloaked in a red veil with a blue