Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Imperial Russian Sailor’s Cap Tally, a very rare example in buff coloured silk 44 inches in length by 2.5 inches wide, the tally is stamped at either end with a fouled anchor and bears the ship’s name “POCCIЯ”, the item is in a fragile state and is part detached at one end £250-350

This ship was launched in 1896 and represented Russia at Queen Victoria’s Jubilee in 1897. She was the flagship for the Vladivostock Cruiser Squadron in the Russo/Japanese War, and sank the Hitachi Maru with a thousand troops on board. She herself sustained casualties of 48 killed and 165 wounded at “Ulsan” in August 1904. She again represented Russia at the Coronation of George V in 1911 and was the flagship of the Baltic Cruiser Fleet. The crew took part in the 1917 Revolution and the ship was eventually scrapped in 1922.