Lot Essay
Kindly translated by Peter C at K.S.
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CATHERINE THE GREAT (1729-96)
An oblong 2° one-page document on vellum, signed "Ekaterina", from St. Petersburg, 9 July 1786, promoting Aleksandr Ladyzhenskii, Lieutenant in the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment to the rank of Second Captain of the Life Guards, heightened with gold within illuminated border (soiled, paper seal defective).
ALEXANDER I (1777-1825)
A 2° one-page document on paper, signed "Aleksandr", from Vilna, 26 May 1812, awarding the order of St. Anne second class to Captain Lamsdorf for his action on 22nd June 1811 in the Turkish War, under General Count Golenishchev-Kutuzov, integral blank (slightly soiled, torn) (2)
An oblong 2° one-page document on vellum, signed "Ekaterina", from St. Petersburg, 9 July 1786, promoting Aleksandr Ladyzhenskii, Lieutenant in the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment to the rank of Second Captain of the Life Guards, heightened with gold within illuminated border (soiled, paper seal defective).
ALEXANDER I (1777-1825)
A 2° one-page document on paper, signed "Aleksandr", from Vilna, 26 May 1812, awarding the order of St. Anne second class to Captain Lamsdorf for his action on 22nd June 1811 in the Turkish War, under General Count Golenishchev-Kutuzov, integral blank (slightly soiled, torn) (2)