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Georgii Alexandrovich Mukhanov was a Rittmeister in the 1st Sumsk Hussar Regiment.
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PAVEL BUHRE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1910
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PAVEL BUHRE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1910
Circular, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and a subsidiary seconds dial, inscribed 'Pavel Buhre' on dial, with a contemporary leather strap, dated on the reverse ‘1894-1910’ and inscribed in Russian ‘[to] Dear Georgii Alexandrovich Mukhanov / from Sumsk hussars in good memory’, apparently unmarked; in a fitted velvet and silk-lined leather case stamped in Russian 'Pavel Buhre' beneath the Imperial warrant
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) diameter
PAVEL BUHRE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1910
Circular, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals and a subsidiary seconds dial, inscribed 'Pavel Buhre' on dial, with a contemporary leather strap, dated on the reverse ‘1894-1910’ and inscribed in Russian ‘[to] Dear Georgii Alexandrovich Mukhanov / from Sumsk hussars in good memory’, apparently unmarked; in a fitted velvet and silk-lined leather case stamped in Russian 'Pavel Buhre' beneath the Imperial warrant
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) diameter
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