RUSSIAN IMPERIAL MONOGRAM SILVER AND ENAMEL BADGE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
May 10, 1879
The badge is a round disk in the form of a target. Inscribed, For Excellent Shooting, and covered with enamel in a cobalt blue shade. Two crossed rifles are placed in the middle of the target. the badge is adorned with a monogram of Nicholas The Second with a crown on top.
Approved May 10, 1879, to encourage excellent marksmen in all parts of the infantry and cavalry. On the reverse side, there is a twist for wearing the badge on clothes. Marked with a standard Silver hallmark and other Cyrillic and Assay marks.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- gilt Silver and enamel
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 178463308
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.