25th Anniversary of Empress Maria Feodorovna's Patronage of Her Majesty's Cavalry Guards Regiment Jetton for Officers

See https://asiamedals.info/threads/25t...guards-regiment-jetton-for-lower-ranks.29766/.

Jettons were commissioned by Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) and were worn on a chain. It has the form of an enamel regimental weathervane crowned with a double-headed eagle, consisting of two red and one white corner. The applied monogram "MF" on the front side of the token corresponds to the applied number "XXV" on the back. On March 31, 1906, the Empress purchased 80 such tokens at a price of 35 rubles per one. Subsequently, on February 18, 1908, an order for 113 tokens was paid for at 36 rubles per piece. And finally, one more "enamel cavalry guard token with a gold eagle and the monogram MF" was purchased at the same price on September 9, 1914. Thus, a total of 194 tokens were made.
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Original line drawings.

Gold, silver, enamel.
Size 49.6×22.3 mm.
Weight 12.04 g.

Eagle marked with a silver hallmark "88", ring marked with a gold hallmark "56" round mark and maker's mark “AT” for Alfred Thieleman /Альфред Тилеман/ workshop.

Jetton Belonged to colonel Petr Sergeevich Tolstoy (Петр Сергеевич Толстой; 17 June 1876, Yeltsy village, Ostashkovsky district, Tver province - 14 December 1918, Odessa).

Cavalry Guards Regiment Colonel Pyotr Sergeevich Tolstoy with his son Sergei.

From the nobility of Tver province, son of Lieutenant General Sergei Ivanovich Tolstoy (1838-1897), Orthodox faith. Educated in the Corps of Pages of His Imperial Majesty, completed the course with the 1st category. On 14 November 1887 he was enrolled as a page at the Imperial Court. On 31 October 1888 he was assigned to the Corps of Pages of His Imperial Majesty. On 31 August 1895 he was transferred to the junior special class of the corps. Active service is considered from 1 September 1895. On 1 September 1896 he was transferred to the senior special class of the corps. On December 5, 1896, he was promoted to Page of the Chamber of the Imperial Court. On August 1, 1897, he was attached to the Cavalry Guards Regiment of Her Majesty Empress Maria Feodorovna as an Estandard Junker, and on August 13, 1897, he was promoted to Cornet in this regiment. On December 6, 1901, he was promoted to Lieutenant with seniority from August 13, 1901, on December 6, 1905 - to Staff Captain with seniority from August 13, 1905, on July 22, 1911 - to Captain with seniority from August 13, 1909. For 7 months, he held the position of squadron commander. From 23 May 1912 he was at the disposal of Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich, remaining on the lists of the Cavalry Guards Regiment. Promoted to colonel with seniority on 6 December 1912. Participant in World War I 1914-1918. According to information as of March 1915, he was at the disposal of the commander of the Guards Corps. He was awarded the orders of St. Stanislaus, 3rd class (6 December 1907), St. Anna, 3rd class (6 December 1911), St. Stanislaus, 2nd class (6 April 1914), St. Vladimir, 3rd class (17 November 1916), St. Vladimir, 4th class (19 November 1916); he had a silver medal in memory of the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II. He was married to a native of St. Petersburg province, the daughter of an actual state councilor, Mistress Zinaida Sergeevna Bekhteeva, they have children: Natalia (born 17 July 1901) and Sergei (born 1 February 1904); the wife and children are Orthodox.
In 1908, after the death of his uncle A.S. Safonov, he inherited a significant fortune. After the revolution, he settled in Odessa, where he owned several houses. He died of pneumonia and was buried in the cemetery (later destroyed) of the Mikhailovsky Convent.​

 

Prince Boris Aleksandrovich Golitsyn (Борис Александрович Голицын; 1880 , Vladimir province – 1947 , Cannes) with officer's jetton. He is also wearing badge for Graduates of Non-medical Faculties of the Imperial Russian Universities https://asiamedals.info/threads/bad...s-of-the-imperial-russian-universities.29738/ and medal bar with Russo-Japanese War Red Cross Society Medal and Order of the Crown of Romania.​

Born in the village of Sima, Vladimir province , on June 23 ( July 5 ) , 1880. Came from an ancient princely family . Son of the Vladimir provincial leader of the nobility, Prince Alexander Borisovich Golitsyn (1855-1920) and Princess Sofia Alexandrovna (née Vyazemskaya; 1859-1941).

He graduated from the 5th Moscow Gymnasium and the Law Faculty of Moscow University. After graduating from the university on August 26, 1903, he joined the Cavalry Guard Regiment as a volunteer; on August 19, 1904, he was promoted to cornet.

In 1909 he retired with the rank of lieutenant and was elected Yuryevsky district leader of the nobility. He held the court rank of chamberlain.

In 1912, he was elected to the State Duma from the Vladimir province by the congress of landowners. He was a member of the right-wing faction, and after its split in November 1916, he was the chairman of the independent right-wing group. He was the secretary of the local government commission, and also a member of the commissions on communications, military and naval affairs. He participated in the 10th Congress of the United Nobility (1914).

With the outbreak of World War I, on July 31, 1914, he returned to the Cavalry Guards Regiment, participated in battles, and was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th c;lass, for his distinction. By the highest order of July 18, 1915, he was dismissed from military service to be assigned to civil affairs. In September, he was enlisted in the reserve of the Guards Cavalry.

After the revolution he emigrated to France.

He died on July 28, 1947 in Cannes . He was buried in the Passy cemetery in Paris.​

 

Count Felix Felixovich Sumarokov-Elston (Граф Фе́ликс Фе́ликсович Сумаро́ков-Эльстон; 17 October 1856 – 10 June 1928), later known as Prince Yusupov after his marriage, was a Russian statesman, nobleman and general. From 1915, he was Governor-General of Moscow, a post previously held by Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich Romanov. He was the father of Felix Yusupov who is best known for participating in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin.

He studied at the Page Corps of His Majesty (he did not graduate), and in 1876 he passed the officer's exam at the Chuguev Infantry Cadet School. In 1876 he was released into the 10th Odessa Uhlan Regiment; in 1879 he was assigned to the Cavalry Guard Regiment. In 1883-1885 he was assigned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. From 1886 - adjutant to Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. From 1904 - commander of the Cavalry Guards Regiment. In 1905 he received the rank of major general and was enrolled in His Majesty's Retinue. In 1908-1911 - commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 2nd Guards Cavalry Division.​

Officer's jetton.

 

Gold, silver, enamel.
Size 50 x 22 mm.

Ring marked with a St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark "alpha, female head in kokoshnik to the right, 56" and maker's mark “AT” for Alfred Thieleman /Альфред Тилеман/ workshop.