Russian Jeton of the Officers' Rifle School, 1895
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1895
This Russian jeton, dated 1895, commemorates a graduate of the Officers' Rifle School. It is constructed from silver, with select portions finished in gold plating and enamel.
The design features a shield-shaped badge surmounted by two crossed rifles. Centrally, it depicts a target surrounded by a laurel wreath, with stylized Cyrillic lettering applied over the center, though the listing notes these letters may be additions or replacements. The reverse of the jeton bears a hand-engraved Cyrillic inscription identifying the original recipient as Captain A.A. Esaulov and the year 1895. The piece measures 29 mm by 21 mm and has a weight of approximately 14 grams.
It is suspended from a small jump ring and a short chain, indicating it was designed to be worn as a decorative fob or pendant. The item is associated with the career of Major General Alexander Alekseevich Esaulov, a career officer who served in several infantry regiments and commanded divisions during the First World War.
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Physical characteristics
- Weight
- approx. 14 g
- Material
- Silver, gold-plated, enamel
- Dimensions
- 29 x 21 mm
Technical characteristics
- Inscription type
- engraved
Design
- Obverse
- shield with crossed rifles and laurel wreath
- Reverse
- engraved Cyrillic inscription 'Kapitän A.A. Esaulov 1895'
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
Catalogue references
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