императорское российское общество спасания водах

  1. History and Badges of Imperial Russian Water Rescue Society

    In Russia, the first water rescue society was the local one in Vyborg, with an extremely limited range of activities. The idea of establishing a number of sea rescue stations in Russia at the expense of private individuals arose among sailors at the initiative of Captain 1st Rank Freygang, who...
  2. Imperial Russian Water Rescue Society Badges made by Johannes Tölkeri workshop IT/JT

    Johannes Tölkeri /Иоган Телькери/ (b. 1841). In 1857 he came to St. Petersburg and studied under Henrik Hedman. In 1861 he became an apprentice, and around 1870, a goldsmith. According to Postnikova-Loseva he worked until the 1880s. But in reality maker's marks I.T., IT, J.T or JT are found on...
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