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Russian Imperial Artillery School badge of the Michael…
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Sydney
Date:
15-Mar-2020
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Russian Imperial Artillery School badge of the Michael Artillery School in St Petersburg Instituted 07.03.1911. Gold double headed eagle of the Nicholas I period under a gold Imperial crown, holding in its claws two crossing cannons with a silver grenade superimposed on the intersection of the cannons. On the wings of the eagle there are the silver monograms of Alexander I on the left and Nicholas II on the right. In the centre of the badge there is a silver cut of the cannon barrel under a gold Imperial crown decreased breastplate of the school. In the upper part of the cut there are two gold laurel branches. In the lower part the Inscription made by blue enamel passes: M. Artillery Sch. inside: the cut there is the gold monogram M and the date 1820 the year of the foundation of the school. A multi piece bronze gilt badge, 2 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches. Imperial eagle with monograms of Alexander I and Nicholas II on its wings, and a crowned medallion with the monogram of the Grand Duke Michail on its breast, is holding two crossed cannons and a flaming grenade laid on the cannons measures 5.4 cm wide
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Precious Objects: Russian works of art