Jetton for the Centennial Jubilee of the Pavlovsky Military School, 1898

Breast Badge, 39x28 mm. (excl. suspension chain), Gold framed, iron shield, bearing white enameled Maltese cross with the Gold, capital, Cyrillic “ П ”, above, the golden, Tsarist crown with blue enameled pendalia, the reverse with black enameled Imperial double eagle holding a golden scroll in the claws and three enameled shoulder boards representing the armed branches, with original, gold suspension chainlet. A very rare jetton, of the finest, Russian jeweller’s quality, excellent condition. Bibl.: Д. И. Петерс: “Жетоны Рoссийской Императорской Армии” (Jettons of the Russian Imperial Army), Moscow, 1988, p. 249, n° 187a. I RR!