IMP. RUSSIAN CZAR\'S LIFE GUARD OFFICER DRESS SHELL SILVER CHERKESSKA TRENCH ART For Sale

IMP. RUSSIAN CZAR\'S LIFE GUARD OFFICER DRESS SHELL SILVER CHERKESSKA  TRENCH ART
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IMP. RUSSIAN CZAR\'S LIFE GUARD OFFICER DRESS SHELL SILVER CHERKESSKA TRENCH ART:
$999.97


IMPERIAL RUSSIAN CZAR\'S LIFE GUARD OFFICER\'S DRESS SILVER SYMBOLIC CARTRIDGE GAZIRI TRENCH ART

THIS IS A TOTALLY INERT DISPLAY ITEM WHICH HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY ALTERED AND IS NOT CONSIDERED A WEAPON UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY COUNTRY. DISPLAY ONLY THIS IS A TOTALLY INERT DISPLAY ITEM WHICH HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY ALTERED AND IS NOT CONSIDERED A WEAPON UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY COUNTRY. DISPLAY ONLY !

DURING THE 19th CENTURY THE RUSSIAN CZAR ADOPTED A LIFE GUARD UNIT OF THE FIERCE KUBAN COSSACK PLAINS WARRIORS. THEY DRESSED IN THEIR NATIVE COSTUME AND THIS CONTINUED THROUGH THE FALL OF THE LAST CZAR NICHOLAS II. THEY WERE THE PERSONAL BODY GUARD UNIT FOR THE CZAR AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY WHEN OUTSIDE OF THEIR RESIDENCES.

ORIGINALLY ACTUAL PAPER RIFLE CARTRIDGES WERE WORN ON THE FRONT OF THE UNIFORM FOR READY USE.

THESE EVENTUALLY BECAME SYMBOLIC AND ARE STILL FOUND TODAY IN THE TRADITIONAL COSTUMES.

CZAR NICHOLAS AND HIS SON DRESSED IN THE TRADITIONAL COSTUME ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

THIS IS A SILVER MOUNTED VERSION MADE FOR AN OFFICE\'S DRESS CHERKESSKA. THE INERT MODEL 1891 7.62X54R BRASS CARTRIDGE IS SILVER PLATED AND SET IN A SOLID SILVER MOUNT TYPICAL OF THE TRADITIONAL DESIGN.

THE MOUNT IS HALLMARKED AND ASSAY MARKED. THE ASSAY MARK IS THAT OF

THE ASSAY MASTER ALEKSANDER TIMOFEYEVICH SHEVYAKOV

WHO WAS THE ASSAY MASTER AT ST. PETERSBURGH FROM 1895 TO 1898.

THIS PERIOD COVERED TWO CZARS ALEXANDER II AND NICHOLAS II .

THE PREMIER MANUFACTURER OF ITEMS OF PRECIOUS METAL IN ST. PETERSBURGH DURING THIS TIME WAS

THE FABERGE STUDIO.

THIS WAS POSSIBLY MADE THERE

AS THEY WERE THE ROYAL WARRANT JEWELER

DURING THOSE YEARS.


THE MOUNT IS ALSO INLAID WITH BLACK ONYX.

THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SEEN IN 60+ YEARS OF COLLECTING RUSSIAN ANTIQUITIES AND TRENCH ART.

AS A 60+ YEAR COLLECTOR OF ORDNANCE ITEMS AND CONSULTANT I HAVE HAD THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF TRENCH ART COME MY WAY. OF THESE THOUSANDS I COLLECTED ONLY THE FINEST , RARE AND INTERESTING PIECES FOR MY PERSONAL COLLECTION. THESE RANGE FROM FANCY DECANTERS MADE FOR A GERMAN FIELD MARSHALL , TO ITEMS MADE BY A U.S.N. MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER TO A UNIQUE BOMBLET MADE FROM JAPANESE FUZES BY THE FIRST ORDNANCE SQDN. TINIAN AND PRESENTED TO COL. TIBBETS UPON HIS RETURN FROM DROPPING THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB.


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