Franz Joseph. Russian Imperial silver medal, 1848-1898 "Franz Joseph. To the Kexholm Emperor of the Austrian Regiment of the Chief, 1848-1898." Diameter: 33 mm; Total height: 39 mm; Weight: 14.94 g; Medal "In memory of the 50th anniversary of the patronage of Emperor Franz Joseph in the Life Guards Keksholm Regiment" Front. side: Portrait of His Majesty in the uniform of the regiment, surrounded by the inscription: "Franz Joseph 1 Imp. Austr. Cor. Bohemian. etc. and Apostolic Cor. Hungarian.". The reverse side: Between the branches of an oak and a laurel there is an inscription: "L.-Gv. To the Kexholm Emperor of the Austrian regiment from the Chief 1848-1898." The Vienna Mint, 1898 Without the signature of the medallist. The medals were worn on a black and yellow ribbon. The image was provided by Mikhail Seleznev. December 28, 1898 marked the 50th anniversary of the patronage of Franz Joseph 1 over L.-gv. The Kexholm regiment. On the eve of this date, the Austrian emperor established special commemorative medals on a black and yellow ribbon - silver for officers and bronze for lower ranks. On December 26, the emperor's envoy, the Austrian aide-de-camp Prince Dietrichstein of Nikolsburg, arrived in Warsaw. On December 27, at the Lozenkov Palace, he met with all the officers of the L.-gv. The Keksholm regiment. After the end of the official presentation, Prince Dietrichstein said: "Gentlemen! His Imperial Royal Majesty, my August Sovereign, has entrusted me with the task of transferring L.-gv. His greetings to the Keksholm regiment, gifts and jubilee medals granted to the regiment by His Majesty." Then he personally presented jubilee silver medals to all officers and officials. The awards were awarded to: the commander of the regiment, Major General Prince D.L. Argutinsky - Dolgorukov, 6 colonels, 61 chief officers, 3 doctors, regimental priest Sadikov, kapellmeister Alekseev, gunsmith Ilmar and clerk Yarotsky - a total of 75 people. After that, Prince Dietrichstein went out into the lobby, where 30 field sergeants and non-commissioned officers of the regiment were gathered. They were awarded bronze medals of the same pattern. Immediately after the award, the idea arose to make the jubilee medals forever the property of the regiment so that as the officers and soldiers with these medals wane, they would be transferred to other ranks at the discretion of their superiors. On February 23, 1899, Nicholas II imposed a resolution on the corresponding omnipotent note: "I fully approve of this idea." Franz Joseph also supported this idea. But wanting the officers and lower ranks who had already received medals to keep them for the rest of their lives, he deigned to add another 100 silver and 40 bronze medals so that they would be issued to officers and non-commissioned officers only for the duration of their stay in the regiment. In 1899, Lieutenant B.V. Atsamovich worked out the "Regulations on the regimental jubilee Chef's medals of 1898 of the Life Guards of the Kexholm Emperor of the Austrian Regiment", approved by the commander of the regiment, Major General Prince D.L.Argutinsky-Dolgorukov. Since that time, silver medals have been awarded to all officers entering the regiment. The bronze medals were distributed as follows: in the Company of His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, the sergeant major and all platoon non-commissioned officers - 5; in the other companies, 2 each (for a sergeant major and one platoon non-commissioned officer) - only 30; to the sergeant major of the non-combatant company, the senior musician of the team, the regimental clerk, the staff bugler and the regimental drummer. Thus, a total of l-gw. The Keksholm regiment was awarded 175 silver and 70 bronze chef's jubilee medals. The magazine "Zeichhaus" No. 4, 2002. According to D.I. Peters, the total number of medals awarded is 100 silver and 40 bronze.

Type Medals, coins

Date of sale 2023-06-24

Auction House Eternity Gallery

Where was the auction held USA