A RECTANGULAR SILVER DESK-PAD applied in the centre with the gold Cyrillic monogram AR, with geometric hinges, on a pale green marble base, with silver pencil, the inside cover engraved in Russian To Alexander Alexandrovich Rubetz for dear memory from wounded officers 14 XI 1914 with Cyrillic signatures beneath, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, unknown maker Cyrillic G.K., 9 5/8in. (22cm.) long; another, silver desk-pad, engraved on the cover with the Cyrillic monogram AR and signatures, also dedicated to A. A. Rubetz, dated 31 III 1915, by Fedor Strogonov, Moscow, 1908-1917