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A rare gold and enamel jetton of the life guards semenovskii infantry regiment
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A rare gold and enamel jetton of the life guards semenovskii infantry regiment

BY TILLANDER AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF THEODORE WEIBEL, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

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A rare gold and enamel jetton of the life guards semenovskii infantry regiment
by Tillander and with the workmaster's mark of Theodore Weibel, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917
Of rectangular form with rounded corners, one side applied with the cypher of Tsar Peter the Great below a gorget, the other side applied with the cypher of Tsar Nicholas II within a wreath and below the distinction plaque of the regiment, opening into three parts, the front interior enamelled with the 1701 Semenovskii banner opposite a miniature watercolour portrait of Peter the Great, and the back with a miniature of Nicholas II opposite the enamelled Semenovskii banner engraved with the number 97, engraved around the outer border in Russian 'Poruchik A.V. Ivanov II 1908-1913', hung from the diagonal with suspension ring and chain, marked on ring
1 1/8in. (2.9cm.) high (standing open)
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Lot Essay

The Life Guards Semenovskii infantry regiment had a regimental jetton created in 1883 in memory of the 20 years of the creation of the regiment.

Apart from the above, the regiment had a very specific jetton delivered by the Semenovskii Officers' Association and given to the officers leaving the regiment and having spent more than five years in it.

The attribution of the jetton was linked with the following title for the leaving officer, 'To the member of the Life Guards Semenovskii Officers' Association'.

Some 120 jettons were given, around 20 with the cypher of Tsar Alexander III and around 100 with the cypher of Tsar Nicholas II.

See Christie's New York, 20 April 2001, lot 57.)

We are extremely grateful to Sergei Patrikeev for the research concerning the background of the present jetton. We are also extremely grateful to Ulla Tillander-Godenhielm for providing the information on the Tillander workmaster Theodore Weibel.

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