Russia, Imperial. A Rare Submarine Officer’s Course Badge Auction Archive presenting single-breasted with two pleated

presenting single-breasted with two pleated patch breast pockets and two diagonally angled slash hip pockets

exhibiting light soiling on top and in the rayon lining in the dome

the suspension loop marked with an illegible maker’s mark

exhibiting spotting and light scuffing on the obverse

Provenance: Hayward Mar 1973

Russia, Imperial. A Rare Submarine Officer’s Course Badge Auction Archive presenting single-breasted with two pleatedInstituted 26 January 1909. (1909 1918 issue). A rare Imperial Russian Navy submarine Officers course badge, constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of a circular chain link wreath, overlaid across the centre by a raised submarine, in turn overlaying a detailed fouled anchor, the reverse with a central threaded lug retaining a period original disc and backplate, the latter double stamped with Russian Cyrillic silversmith marks of (AB) for an