Estate Russian .875 silver Nikolaevsky engineering academy graduation badge, late 19th c., now fashioned as a pendant brooch, imperial crowned double-headed eagle grasping an orb and scepter in its talons, centered by a shield with the coat of arms of Moscow, surrounded by wreath of laurel and oak leaves, silversmith's initials FG in Cyrillic, 84 zolotnik with Saint Petersburg city mark, approx 2.25"h, 1.75"w, 0.92ozt **Provenance: the contents of a luxury San Antonio estate** **NOTE: ALL JEWELRY & COIN LOTS REALIZING OVER $1,000 MUST BE PAID BY BANK WIRE**

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