Imperial Russia Cadet corps jeton

[Archipelago]

To all You gentlemen!

As it seems a little quiet at this forum at the moment, I?ll take the chance to send a pic of the jeton of the Finnish cadet corps. The Finnish cadet corps was equal in its position as a imperial cadet corps alongside the other imperial cadet corps. The only distinction was that the cadets had to be of finnish origin due to the fact that the expenses of the school was mainly payed by the finnish senate. Almost 3/4 of the cadets served as officers in russian units and only 1/4 in the local finnish units. There were about 950 officers examined thru the years 1812-1903. During the summer camps in Tsarkoje Selo, when the emperor inspected the cadets of all the imperial cadet corps, the Finnish cadet corps usually stood as second, just after the Page corps.

Best regards!

[GeorgeCL]

Hi Archipelago,

Sorry i cant help with the plume you posted.

Thats a Great Jeton you have. There seems to be endless designs for jetons of the Imperial empire.

Please keep sharing your collection..

Thanks

for posting

George

[Archipelago]

Thanks George!

One more picture..... This is the jeton of the Life guards 3rd finnish rifle battalion ( liebgvardyj 3-yi finskij strelkovyj bataljon). This was a unit within the russian guards troops stationed in Helsinki with conscripts of finnish origin. Not to be mixed with the Life guards Finlandskij regiment. There where about 40 numbered pieces of this jeton made in 1906 by a goldsmith in Helsinki (Hjalmar Fagerroos). The jeton is approx. 45 mm high.

Werlich does give a slightly incorrect name for this unit in his book "Jettons of imperial russia" ( fig J-225 ). It was not the 3rd battalion of the Finnish guard. It was the 3rd rifle battalion of the Imperial Russian guard. This battalion was commonly called The Finnish guard.

For more info see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_of_Finland