A PAIR OF ADMIRAL SHOULDER BOARDS
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A PAIR OF ADMIRAL SHOULDER BOARDS

已结束2015年11月30日

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GBP 13,750

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A PAIR OF ADMIRAL SHOULDER BOARDS
Together with a Russian navy officer sword, pattern 1855, a Russian infantry sword, pattern 1909, and five sailor cap ribbons, each with the following names: Standart, Emperor Nicholas I, Slava, Kubanets and Black Sea Squadron
The sword 37¾ in. (96 cm.) long and smaller

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The battleship Emperor Nicholas I was built in the late 1880s. It surrendered to the Japanese fleet in 1905.
The Standart was the main Imperial Yacht serving Emperor Nicholas II and his family until 1917.
The Battleship Slava served in the Baltic Sea during World War I, and was the largest ship of the Russian Gulf of Riga Squadron that fought the German High Seas Fleet in the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915. It repeatedly bombarded German positions and troops for the rest of 1915 and during 1916.
The Kubanets was a gunboat which served in the Black sea.