AUCTION # 33 ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR & DECORATIONS

AN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE GRADUATION BADGE

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $300 - $400

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Russian Imperial late 19th or early 20th-century Polytechnic Institute Graduation silver badge. Designed in the form of a double-headed eagle under the imperial crown, framed by a laurel and oak wreath. At the base, there is an overlaid cross covered with green guilloché enamel. Screwback construction. Hallmarks: 84 silver standard, female head in a kokoshnik, and other Russian hallmarks. Weight: 0.26 oz., 7.45 gr. Footnote: The badge was instituted on February 14, 1903.

Dimensions: L:1 1/32 in., (2.6 cm.)

Condition: VG.