A ST GEORGE NAVY KORTIK

RUSSIA, CIRCA 1913

Details

A ST GEORGE NAVY KORTIK
RUSSIA, CIRCA 1913
1913 pattern, with a miniature St George cross at the top of the handle, with its original navy suspension belt
15¾ in. (40 cm.) long

Provenance

Prince Dimitri Nicolaevich Galitzine (1882-1928)
Acquired by the present owner from the sister-in-law of the above, Princess Marina Petrovna Galitzine (1892-1981), née Princess Marina of Russia.

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Please note that the present kortik did not belong to Prince Dimitri Nikolaevich Galitzine but is coming from the estate of the late Princess Marina Petrovna Galitzine, whose dates should read 1892 to 1981.

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Lot Essay

Prince Dimitri fought at Tsushima in 1905 where his boat was destroyed. He was subsequently taken as a prisoner by the Japanese navy.
By repute, on his return from captivity he was presented the above St George kortik by the Emperor Nicholas II.
For more information on Prince Dimitri Galitzine, see V. Lobitsin, Martyrology of the Russian Naval Emigration, Moscow, 2001, p. 47.

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