Sergey W

A photo of the captain decorated with this order (note it is extremely rare).

IMHO Johannisberger was a German coal ship supplied 2nd Pacific Ocean squadron of fleet

This document was signed by superintendant of 2nd Pacific Ocean squadron of fleet captain second rank Alexandr Gustavovich von-Witte lost in Tsushima battle.

Hi Timo. I agree with you. Photo is rather good. One extra argument. Look. The girl had an earring. It was impossible. The females joined army during WWI were not to wear such things with uniform. Sergey

IMHO it is a sort of masquerade. Look. The uniform isn't the right size for the girl. May be it is her brother uniform. I have saw a few same photos.

Ha-ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The date of The Battle of Poltava is 27 June 1709 (The Julian calendar).

The Moscow auction company "Imperia" estimates price (2010) as 3 000 -3 300 $

The name of badge owner is A.I. Vorontsov

An ensign military school badge (WWI, 1914-1916).

The Life-Guard Keksgolm regiment was a unit of The 3 Guard Infantary Division (Warsaw). Nickname of the regiment was "Austrians" as the regimental chief was Franz Joseph I of Austria. The main sources related to this unit is in Russian. Do you have a name, rank or photo of the man?

The second one translation: "Ivan Mikhaylovich (son of Mikhail) Berezhetskiy mechanical engineer The chief of The Barnaul main workshops"

"Таможенный экспедиторъ" = "Сustoms agent"

This is a badge of The Imperial Russian Fireman Association (Императорское российское пожарное общество) Cyrillic letters ИРПО is abbriviatura of The Association. Мonogram ВА stands for Grand duke Vladimir Alexandrovich (The honorable chief of the Association). The Imperial Russian Fireman Association was formed in 1892. Grand duke Vladimir Alexandrovich was died in 1909.

Number of originaly issuied medals is 2847.

Hello Linas. I'm very susprised. Your first message. I have what appears to be an Imperial Russian-made Polish Order of the White Eagle Breast Star. Based on the photos alone, the leading expert on Polish-related medals believe it is genuine and valued between $10-$20,000 - but he will not do a formal appraisal because he is in the US and I am in France, and he does not want to take the risk of this Star getting lost in the postal . Your last message. Keep in mind, MY expert, with over 60 years of experience and respected around the world as the #1 expert on Polish militaria believes MY Breast Star is a Polish 18th Century, pre-1795 version. He NEVER thought it was Russian. IMHO Your expert changes his mind rapidly. I never said "I am a expert in Polish decoration". But look at picture of White Eagle Breast Star XVIII Centure ze zbiorów Biblioteki Narodowej w Warszawie. Rgds Sergey