Sajkaca

and equally great pricing

couple of very nice lots were on the auction at Christies last November. Photo enclosed and link below http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-group-of-shoulder-boards-5630450-details.aspx?pos=7&intObjectID=5630450&sid=&page=21

6.Glukhovskii Dragoon Rgt.

Navy, Kapitan 2 ranga

private, volunteer, 5th immortal hussars, Alexandriisky

very nice cap and in very good condition, although with the chin strap it indicates that it is 1918-1922 version.

a very scarce pogon with two special badges, of the aeronautic unit (winged anchor), and of the pilot, from the Belgrade Military Museum collection

Currently on the auction of the serious UK based auction house, unfortunately, the Colonel is fake.

General Maior of the General Staff

Lt. Colonel of the General Staff

This is definitely the war piece, as it was baught in Belgrade. You probably know that lots of officers came to Kingdom of Yugoslavia in early 1920s after the fall of Crimea and was not particularly the destination before that (like Paris for instance). On the other hand, the colour is much different to the raspberry for riffles. Atribution was given by Gerard Gorokhoff as he hold it in his hands.... Maybe this weekend I will try to make another photo on the daylight so you can se the brown colour all over it, and maybe a comparisson with a pogon of the riffle regiment to notice the obvious difference.

Facings are not raspberry at all, although due to flash, the shade is not exactly as in nature. It is rather brownish, but according to the official description it is red-orange. Source book "Russkaia Armia 1917-1920", SPB 1991, page 7, Cveta: Krasno-oranzevie, casti krepnostnoi pehoti.....By the way comfirmed by my friend an international authority on Imperial Russian uniforms, whose opinion I do not intend to question. Also, this one has absolutely same colour of the outer facing and inside piping. Nothing to do with riffles, I have pogoni of riffles and I know what I am talking.

This cockade was issued for all officers' full dress busby, without any exclusivity for the Royal Guard officers.

This is officers' M1911 busby or "kalpak" for the full dress uniform and has nothing to do with chetniks at all.

Yet another from my collection. Very simple praporschik at the first glance, but very scarce arms of service, fortress infantry with red-orange facings.

Grenadirski Sanktperburgski Rgt. Fridriha-Vilgelma III, 19th century pattern

absolutely insane, so these remained unsold :)

General, ADC to the Tsar Alexander II, mid 19 century. Beautiful pair was recently on the auction, but the reserve price was........

85i Pehotni Viborgski Vilgeljma II Polk, Colonel overcoat style

The red one is not general staff, but kiver for generals. The green one with silver cords might be the general staff as they wore the silver. Both look very nice. BTW which German auction house, and do the have any shoulder boards - pogoni in their offer?

Captain of the 54 IR Minski from my collection. Bulgarian Tsar Ferdinand was the honorary chief of the regiment. Russian army didn't revoke honorary chiefs, monarchs from the enemy armies in the WW1 (like Franz Ferdinand, Friedrich Wilchelm etc.), and was unique for that reason (as many others as well).

Imperial Navy

This is Russian book, in Russian, and I think that it is unfortunatelly out of print. I guess that it could be fined just in Russia, but there are no more facts on 192 IR appart of what I wrote you.

192nd Infantry Regiment Rymniskii, formed on 20.02.1910, 4th regiment of the 48th Infantry Division. O. Leonov I. Ulyanov "Regularnaya Pehota 1855-1918", Moscow 1998