Imperial Russian Red Cross Society Badges made by Eduard /ИЛ, ВД/ workshop

Badge from 1899-1904 time period with interesting variation of maker's mark "И.Л/I.L" /with point between two letters/.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 52 x 32 mm.

Marked with maker's mark "И.Л" for Eduard workshop and St. Petersburg assay office silver mark [84, kokoshnik facing left, ЯЛ /YL/ for inspector Яков Ляпунов /Yakov Lyapunov/].

Along the rim the inscription in Church Slavonic reads as "Love your neighbor as yourself.

Marks.

 

Variation with different "shovel" type of silver hallmark and extended mark "Eduard".

 

Badge from 1899-1904 time period.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 50.7 x 32.5 mm.
Weight 26.55 g.

Marked with maker's mark "ИЛ" for Eduard workshop and St. Petersburg assay office silver mark [84, kokoshnik facing left, AR /AР/ for the Alexander Romanov /Александр Васильевич Романов/ assay district manager].

Marks.

 

Badge with two maker's marks "ИЛ".

 

Silver badge with only one maker's mark "ИЛ" and (at first sight) without hallmarks.

Upon father investigation you will find barely visible silver hallmark and round hallmark at the reverse of the pin.

 

Badge from 1908-1917 time period.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 51 x 32 mm.
Weight 23.73 g.

Marked with maker's mark "ВД" for Eduard workshop and St. Petersburg assay office silver mark [alpha, kokoshnik facing right, 84].

Marks.

 

Another example of ВД-marked badge.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 51 x 32 mm.
Weight 25.20 g.

Marked with maker's mark "ВД" for Eduard workshop and St. Petersburg assay office silver mark [alpha, kokoshnik facing right, 84].

 

Variation marked with maker's mark "ВД" for Eduard workshop, [84, kokoshnik facing left, AR /AР/ for the Alexander Romanov /Александр Васильевич Романов/ assay district manager] and extended mark "Eduard".

 

Badge from 1908+ time period marked with "ВД" mark.

 

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 51.2 x 33.0 mm
Weight 25.66 g.

Marked with maker's mark "ВД" for Eduard workshop and St. Petersburg assay office silver hallmark [alpha, female head in a kokoshnik, to the right, 84] from 1908+ time period.

Badge with interesting engraving.

"Г.А. Пистолькорсъ 19 10/VII 15 G.A. / Pistolkors 10/19/VII 15".

Pistolkors Erik-Gerhardt Augustovich (11/13/1853 - until 11/16/1935, Riga, Latvia), major general. Religion: Lutheran. He entered the service on September 3, 1873. Passed the officer exam at the 2nd military Konstantinovsky and Nikolaevsky cavalry schools (1875). Cornet (Art. 29.10.1875). Lieutenant (Article 9.2.1877). Cornet of the Guard (Art. 10/14/1877) in the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant (Article 30.8.1881). Staff Captain (Article 24.4.1888). Commanded the squadron for 3 months. He served as an adjutant to the Commander of the Guard and the St. Petersburg Military District (from September 5, 1894). Captain (art. 2.4.1895). Colonel (art. 6.5.1898). Staff officer for special assignments V class. at the Main Directorate of State Horse Breeding (from April 24, 1905). I.d. general for special assignments under the Minister of Internal Affairs (from 3.2.1906). Retired (June 10, 1906 - April 30, 1907). Major General (1906; Art. 30.4.1907). He was assigned to the Main Directorate of State Horse Breeding and was appointed acting director. headquarters officer for assignments VI class. (30.4.1907 - 19.3.1912). He held the same position, but V class. over the staff (from 19.3.1912) and IV class. in excess of the staff (from May 31, 1916). Inspector of medical institutions in Petrograd (from February 5, 1915). After 1917 Revolution in exile in Latvia.​