Продам: Cigarette case with a relief depicting the monument to the sailors ship Stereguschiy.

[Алексей Романович]

cigarette case with a relief depicting the monument to the sailors ship Stereguschiy. Metal, silver, blackening, assembling. Russian Empire.
Dimensions: 11 x 8,5 x 2,5 cm In excellent collectible condition.
Price - 15 thousand rubles.

"Guarding" The monument is open 26.04.1911 at Alexander Park in St. Petersburg (KV Izenberg sculptor, architect. AI Gauguin). During the Russo-Japanese. War 2/26/1904 near Port Arthur destroyer Steregushchy entered into an unequal battle with Japan. ships. Almost the entire team perished, the ship was captured by the Japanese in tow, but soon received damage from the sinking. By virtue of office. legend, the two surviving sailor opened Kingston (flooding valve) and were killed along with destroyers. Pam. represents a monumental cross on a granite slab. On the front side in high relief depicts two sailors on a background of water gushing from Kingston. In 1954 on the back side of the monument installed a memorial plaque with the image of a destroyer and a list of the dead crew members, in 1970 the water flow stopped due to damage to the monument. In the course of restoration. work in 1993 restored the lost items, enhanced design of the monument.