Lot number 300 - Auction 161
GESCHENK DES JÄGER-DETACHEMENTS DER WEISSEN ARMEE: SCHREIBBLOCK-HALTER MIT PFAU

GIFT FROM THE JÄGER DETACHMENT OF THE WHITE ARMY: WRITING PAD HOLDER WITH PEACOCK Russian, Moscow, 1908-1917 Wood, leather covering. Applied silver plaque on the cover with relief decoration and engraved inscription. Hallmarked with the mark of the district assay administration with fineness '95' and Cyrillic maker's mark 'FKT'. The Cyrillic dedicatory inscription: 'To the highly esteemed Ivan Pavlovich from his comrades of the Jäger Detachment. 26 September 1919.' Cover loose. 23.4 x 15.6 cm. The personal dedication dates the piece to the period of the Russian Civil War. Remarkable is the use of the older Russian orthography, although the Russian spelling reform had already been introduced in 1917/18. The recipient is identified only as Ivan Pavlovich, i.e. by his first name and patronymic; no surname is given. The precisely dated and personally dedicated piece is an interesting historical testimony to the military and social upheavals in Russia in 1919.