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594 - St George’s cap ribbon from the battleship Rostislav,
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Estimate €400 - €600
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St George’s cap ribbon from the battleship Rostislav, made of silk with fine orange and black stripes, bearing the inscription “Ростислав” in Cyrillic in gold lettering at the centre, with gold anchor motifs at the ends. Russia, late 19th – early 20th centuries. H. 2.8 x W. 139 cm. History The first ribbons appeared on Russian sailors’ waxed caps in 1857, before being adopted for peaked caps adorned with a cockade. An order from the Ministry of the Navy dated 14 July 1872 required that the name of the crew or the ship to which they were assigned be displayed on them. A few years later, to commemorate the crossing of the Danube by Russian troops at Zimnitsa on 14 and 15 June 1877, Emperor Alexander II decreed that the black silk ribbons worn by the rank-and-file crew of the Guard should be replaced by St George’s ribbons. This type of ribbon continued to be worn by sailors until 1918. This ribbon belonged to a sailor on the battleship Rostislav, the seventh squadron battleship of the Black Sea Fleet, built at Nikolaev between 1894 and 1899. It was the only Russian battleship to sail in the Mediterranean. Its crew numbered around 630 sailors and 27 officers. Reclassified as a battleship in 1907, it served during the First World War before being scuttled by the White forces in the Kerch Strait in November 1920.
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About the sale Russian Art – Mr G’s Collection – Part 3
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Auction time 09/18/2026 at 11:00 AM
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