AUCTION 39: ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOR

A RUSSIAN IMPERIAL SILVER AND ENAMEL ORENBURG COSSACK BADGE

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Start price: $400

Estimated price: $700 - $1,000

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A Russian Imperial officer badge of the Orenburg Cossacks which was a part of the Cossack population in pre-revolutionary Russia, located in the Orenburg Province. The multi-layer construction of a gilt-silver coat of arms of the Orenburg province is framed with a blue enamel ribbon with the date 1574 below. The coat of arms is surmounted by a cossack hat.Hallmarks: 84, kokoshnik.

Dimensions: 2 x 1 3/8 in., (5.1 x 3.5 cm.)

Condition: VF.