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top center badgeRewarding badge of the imp.Rus.Fire service center is the monogram of Grand duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, honorary Chairman of the society. Left, badge for members of the railway fire brigades came in bronze and silver grades. see full eagle on top. right, and lower center and mini, Imperial russian fire society. crown on top came in three grades gold silver and bronze. Gold, Honorary members and donators silver lifelong members-competitors bronze, the right to wear this badge was givin to some full time members of the society as well as to personnel os fire brgades. worn on the left chest.

I found Chucks badge in my "The badges of Russa" book Blue cross society as chuck states. Here are specs. of presention. George

MY Gosh Chuck, Send them to me.. I'll get them displayed George

I understand completely.. It was either get married or keep collecting.. I'm still collecting, And my dog dosent care as long as there are cookies for her. George

WOW a Generals at that... Did it come complete with decorations? I'm not sure is there a chevron on the rt. sleeve? I thought Chevrons were only worn after the revolution.? Great George

Great order.. I cant wait till I find one I can afford! George

Heres a group of society badges. George

heres another Naval officer 1920's China George

Hi Rick, I do not think Tsarist russia wore ribbon bars. They are 1 inch across each. I have a couple of pics of white officers wearing bars, but only after 1918. I also thought the St George would be first. I was guessing this was put together by the officers wife after 1920 and he just used it as is.? emigre wear? Who knows Thanks George

Hi Danny, Yes he is a direct descendant of Tzar Nicolas 1. Thanks for the link I'll look into it.. George

Here are two 4th class awards showing the differences in what kind of colors you can expect to find. red enamel on the gilt bronze and a deep dake red on the 56 gold version.. George

Silver and enamel George

Heres a nice example of a lawyers/barristers cape or cloke chain.. George

Heres a ribbon bar I picked up a little while ago. Shows wear and looks to be original, ie not messed with. Could this combination order be correct. 2 st annas w/swords, St stauslas w/swords and the st george ribbon Could it be a White Russian post 1918 set up? made very much as the germans did.. thanks George

Yes have that too.. Forgot that one great info on awards and medals.. He autographed my copy ! George

I stole this from another site Military Order No. 106 (March 9, 1913) stated that, except Cavalry, almost all Line units would wear a removable plastron for winter parade dress. Color of plastron and piping were to be as follows: General officers: - Infantry : red - Artillery, Engineers, etc: black (velvet/officers) , red piping General Staff: black (velvet/officers), red piping Grenadier regiments: yellow with piping according to division: 1st: red, 2nd: blue, 3rd: white; 4th: yellow. 1st Nevsky Infantry regiment: red with white piping 2nd Sofiisky Infantry regiment: light blue with white piping Other Infantry regiments: - 1st regiment of division: red (no piping) - 2nd reg.: blue - 3rd reg.: white - 4th reg: dark green or black; red piping Rifle regiments: raspberry Artillery, Engineers, Railway, Aviation: black (velvet/officers), red piping Most other units wore dark green with red piping. So he was a Grenadier Reg officer before ww1 1913 era George

Hi Danny, None of them cover it all.. Reg badges I like " Chest Regiment badges or Russia" its in russian german and english.. for orders, general info. "The orders of Russia" by V.A.Durov and if you can find it "badges of Imperial russia" in english by Sergie Andolenko trans by Robert Werlich You can sometimes find on ebay.. or here at collect russia.com http://www.collectrussia.com/ George

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Here are a few shots of reference books Sadly I cannot read the Russian only ones.. George

Hi Rick all the ones with green felt are my own.. I added the felt as a display prop.. Most badges are screw back with backing plates..fro me harder to see details George

Hi Rick, I may be mistaken.. My understanding of Reg. badges is that they were authorized at the 100 yr anniversary, or more. I think em and officers were allowed wear. usually Officers had silver/gold and enamel examples and em were not enameled..and made of brass. I think the wearer had to purchase there own..not awarded. George

Heres my czarist, base metal Medical badge.. Crowns removed for wear after adbication . George

Nice piece. The Solid Gold badges are sooooo hard to find. My books show it as the 13 th Erivan Life-Grenadier Regiment of His Majesty.. George

Heres a small frame I put together of Pilots stuff Provisional shoulder board eagle Pilots badge and another Mini pilots badge George