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Lot 173
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A RUSSIAN SILVER AND PARCEL-GILT BADGE
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A RUSSIAN SILVER AND PARCEL-GILT BADGE
CIRCA 1890
The badge awarded to graduates of the Oriental Laguages Course of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
52 mm. high
Lot Essay
A similar badge is illustrated in Andolenko,
Badges of Imperial Russia
, 1983, pp. 44, fig. 96