A GROUP OF PENDANT AND DESK SEALS AND CORPS DES PAGES RINGS

Lot 207
21.07.2020 17:00UTC +00:00
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ID 370668
Lot 207 | A GROUP OF PENDANT AND DESK SEALS AND CORPS DES PAGES RINGS
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
Comprising a two-colour gold-mounted circular pendant seal of General Vladimir Nikolaevich Voeikov (1868-1947), the Commandant of the Court of Nicholas II, one side engraved with Voeikov's coat-of-arms, the other with Imperial Eagle and Russian inscription 'Palace Commandant'; a gold oval pendant seal shaped as a greyhound with an agate matrix engraved with a coat-of-arms of the Troubetzkoy family; a brass circular pendant seal engraved with a double-headed eagle inscribed in Russian 'A Separate Heavy Field Artillery Battalion of the Volunteer Army'; a brass desk seal inscribed in Russian 'Seal of the 8th Squadron of the Uhlan Regiment of His Royal Highness Prince Friedrich of Prussia', with a handle; two lead and gold Corps des Pages rings, one inscribed in Russian 'Baranov 19-02' for Vladimir Nikolaevich Baranov (1882-1915), the other 'G. I. Shevich 1893' for Georgi Nikolaevich Shevich (1871-1966), all unmarked; together with a miniature oval silver-gilt framed photograph; and two cartridge pouches (one Russian, one Austrian)
61/4 in. (16 cm.) wide and smaller
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