Badge for Persons Awarded the Academic Title of Doctor of the Imperial Russian Universities

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 81.3×37 mm.
Weight 17.83 g.

Marked with a St. Petersburg assay office silver hallmark "84ЯЛ /initials of the assay inspector of the St. Petersburg assay office "ЯЛ/YL" (Яков Ляпунов/Yakov Lyapunov)/" from 1899-1904 time period and maker's mark "Ф.Р." for Fedor Ruch /Федор Руч/ who also worked for the Fabergé firm. Workshop history https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...-workshop-of-fedor-andreevich-ruch-f-r.23572/.​

Marks.