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Token of the Cavalier Guards Regiment commemorating 25 years
of its colonel-in-chief
Alfred Thielemann's studio, the Faberge company
Gold, silver and enamel
This token was approved on 2 March 1906. It has the shape of the
regimental badge, in the form of a red and white flag, with the
monogram MF superimposed. The composition is crowned by the double-headed
eagle. The Roman figures XXV appear on the reverse. The badge was
created to mark the 25th anniversary of the Empress Dowager Maria
Fiodorovna becoming the regimental colonel-in-chief. The token bears
the marks of the craftsman and the assay mark 56. The token is in
its original case with the Faberge company mark, with a double-headed
eagle as supplier to the court, and the inscription "Saint
Petersburg, Moscow, London".
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