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454 - A rare junior officer’s uniform of the 11th Izioum Hussars R…
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A rare junior officer’s uniform of the 11th Izioum Hussars Regiment, late model dated 31 August 1912. The straight-cut dolman, made of red woollen cloth with gold braiding and brandebourg, features 2 x 5 buttons bearing the imperial eagle in gilded brass, a stand-up collar, and a gold cord fastened by a button at the shoulders and adorned with two rosettes, each bearing a single star. The overcoat, made of navy blue woollen cloth and black astrakhan, is not worn over the shoulder but as part of the full dress uniform, open at the back over both shoulders, fastened with a thick filigree cord (mentichket), which should have loops of fine cord to secure it to the buttons on the shoulder braids. The overcoat is fastened by small gold cords to the buttons on the epaulettes near the collar. The attached charivari (hussar breeches), from the Emperor’s Guard Hussars regiment, made of blue woollen cloth, with gold braid on the thighs featuring interlaced patterns and gold braid edging. Bears a manufacturer’s label reading ‘Kaploun and Sons’ in Saint Petersburg. The fur and red cloth chapka is authentic in style but modern in construction, with some original elements. Signs of wear, damage and missing parts. Nicholas II era, 1912–1917. History The regiment traces its origins to 27 June 1651, with the creation of the Sloboda of Izium Cossack Regiment, established to defend Russia’s southern border against Tatar incursions. It is therefore the direct successor to the Cossacks of the Izium region (now Izium, in Ukraine), making it one of the oldest regiments in the Imperial Cavalry. In the 18th century, during the reforms of Catherine II, the unit was gradually integrated into the regular cavalry. In 1765, the Empress established the Izum Hussar Regiment. It subsequently took part in the wars against the Ottoman Empire, followed by the campaigns against revolutionary and Napoleonic France. The regiment fought with distinction during the campaign of 1805, at Eylau (1807), Friedland (1807) and in 1812, 1813 and 1814 against Napoleon. The regiment subsequently took part in the Caucasus campaigns, the Crimean War and the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. In 1883, as part of the cavalry reform, all hussar regiments were renamed dragoons. The regiment thus became the 11th Izum Dragoon Regiment. In 1907, Nicholas II restored the traditions of the hussars and returned the former designations to several regiments. The regiment officially reverted to the 11th Izum Hussar Regiment. Its honorary commander from 1888 until the outbreak of the First World War was Prince Henry of Prussia (Heinrich von Preußen), brother of Emperor Wilhelm II. On the occasion of the centenary of the War of 1812, the regiment was granted certain privileges, such as the Guard-style pelisse (jacket) and the dolman with a gold filigree cord (as worn by the Guard). When war broke out in 1914, its name, which was associated with Prussia, was naturally removed from the regiment’s titles, and it reverted to ‘General Dorokhov’s’ (commander of the regiment during the Napoleonic Wars). In 1914, the regiment was part of the 11th Cavalry Division, alongside the 12th Don Cossack Regiment, together with the division’s horse artillery. It saw action in Galicia, Volhynia and then on the south-western front. Like most Russian cavalry regiments, it was gradually deployed as mounted infantry or even as foot infantry once the war of manoeuvre came to an end. Bibliography Gérard Gorokhoff, Русская Императорская Кавалерия / The Russian Imperial Cavalry, 1881–1917. Moscow, 2008, pp. 247–249 (illustrated).
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About the sale Russian Art – Mr G’s Collection – Part 3
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