Jetton "Eagle with a plane and St. Andrew's flag"/Жетон «Орел с самолетом и Андреевским флагом" комитета по усилению военно-воздушного флота

1st variation "St. Andrew's flag with four blue stripes".

Silver, gilt, enamel.

Marked with a St. Petersburg district assay office silver hallmark "alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84" and maker's mark "ВД/VD" for Eduard workshop master Vladimir Yakovlevich Dinakov/Владимир Яковлевич Динаков and "Эдуардъ/Eduard".

 

Another example of 1st variation.

 

2nd variation "St. Andrew's flag with five blue stripes".

Additional blue stripe on the St. Andrew's flag symbolizes the fifth (i.e. air) ocean.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 36 х 22 mm.
Weight 9.31 g.

Marked with a St. Petersburg district assay office silver hallmark "alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84" and maker's mark "ВД/VD" for Eduard workshop master Vladimir Yakovlevich Dinakov/Владимир Яковлевич Динаков and "Эдуардъ/Eduard".

 

Another example of 2nd variation.

 

Variant with a "large" maker's mark "VD/ВД".

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 36 х 22 mm.
Weight 8.52 g.

Marked with a St. Petersburg district assay office silver hallmark "alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84" and maker's mark "ВД/VD" for Eduard workshop master Vladimir Yakovlevich Dinakov/Владимир Яковлевич Динаков and "Эдуардъ/Eduard".

 

Interesting "signed" jetton. Photo courtesy of the owner.

Silver, gilt, enamel.

Marked with a St. Petersburg district assay office silver hallmark "alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84" and maker's mark "ВД/VD" for Eduard workshop master Vladimir Yakovlevich Dinakov/Владимир Яковлевич Динаков and "Эдуардъ/Eduard".

Details.

Marks.

Scratched Agadzhan /Агаджан/. Most likely jetton belong to an Armenian. Name Agadzhan of Persian origin. "Aga" means master, "dzhan" - soul.

 

Silver, enamel.
Size 21.5 x 35.2 mm.
Weight 8.10 g.

Marked with a St. Petersburg district assay office silver hallmark "alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84" and maker's mark "ВД/VD" for Eduard workshop master Vladimir Yakovlevich Dinakov/Владимир Яковлевич Динаков and "Эдуардъ/Eduard".

Marks.

 

Jetton of 1st variation "four blue stripes" marked with a "large ВД in rectangle" variation of the maker's mark.

Silver, enamel.
Size 20.2 x 34.4 mm.
Weight 6.39 g.

Marked with a St. Petersburg district assay office silver hallmark "alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84" and maker's mark "ВД/VD" for Eduard workshop master Vladimir Yakovlevich Dinakov/Владимир Яковлевич Динаков and "Эдуардъ/Eduard".

 

Jetton of 2nd variation "five blue stripes" marked with a "small ВД in oval" variation of the maker's mark.

Silver, enamel.
Size 22.3 x 35.5 mm.
Weight 9 g.

Marked with a St. Petersburg district assay office silver hallmark "alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84" and maker's mark "ВД/VD" for Eduard workshop master Vladimir Yakovlevich Dinakov/Владимир Яковлевич Динаков and "Эдуардъ/Eduard".

 

"Large ВД in rectangle" vs. "small ВД in oval" marks.