MAKER'S MARK 'VK', ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917

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A SILVER CIGARETTE CASE
MAKER'S MARK 'VK', ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917
Rectangular with rounded corners, reeded overall, the hinged cover inset with a silver coin depicting the profile of Empress Catherine II part-enamelled in royal blue, with a hardstone push-piece, the interior engraved with a dedicatory inscription in Russian to Count Sergei Alexeevich Ignatiev above scratched date 1914, marked inside base and cover, also with Soviet control mark
3½ in. (9 cm.) long

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The full inscription reads, 'To dear Count Sergei Alexeevich Ignatiev from No. 3 [eskadron] N.M. Prutchenko, T.N. Skalon, A.P. Grebs, M. M. Raevskii, Count P.A. Ignatiev, N.N. Pum, Count V.K. Kleinmikhel, A.L. Kislovskii, Prince V.L. Vyazemskii, Prince A.P. Svyatopolk-Mirskii.' All of the above served as officers in the Guard Hussar Regiment during the First World War.