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Nov 21, 2019
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LOT 1450:
Russian Imperial Alexander III era private’s hat of the Life-Guards Imperial Family's Own 4th Rifle Battalion
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Russian Imperial Alexander III era private’s hat of the Life-Guards Imperial Family's Own 4th Rifle Battalion
Pan-Slavic style “coachman’s” diamond-shape crown cap of black wool with wide fleece band unique to this battalion. Brass “Reservist’s” cross badge with Alexander III cipher mounted over silver-plated brass enlisted man’s cockade painted in Romanov’s colors. Lined in crème cotton with ink stamped maker’s mark of Alexander - St. Petersburg.
Provenance : Important private collection in the USA
The Honour Guard of the 4th Rifle Guards regiment of the Imperial Family at Tsarskoe Selo in 1910. Note: they wear the distinctive summer raspberry shirts in silk for officers and cloth for NCOs and men.
