RUSSIAN IMPERIAL 1913-PATTERN STAFF OFFICER’S GORGET OF THE LIFE GUARDS KEKSGOLMSKY REGIMENT

of horseshoe shape, in gilt brass, the centre applied with a crowned St Andrew’s cross in blue enamel, with red wool lining and silver cords. PROVENANCE: Private collection, USA LITERATURE: G. E. Vvedensky, Russkie ofitserskie sheinye znaki (Russian Officers’ Gorgets), St Petersburg, 2007, pp. 206–207.