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A silver object that is to be sold commercially is, in most countries, stamped with one or more silver hallmarks indicating the purity of the silver, the mark of the manufacturer or silversmith, and other (optional) markings to indicate the date of manufacture and additional information about the piece.
Coat of arms of Russia.. The State Award System of the Russian Federation has varied and distinct origins. The first being pre-1917 orders of the Russian Empire re-established after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, the second is from former Soviet orders that were slightly modified and retained post 1991, we also find many completely new awards resembling Imperial awards in basic ...
Aerial P&P fortress.jpg. The Silver Ring of Russia (Russian: Серебряное кольцо России) is an interregional tourist project for the creation and maintenance of a complex of routes passing through ancient Russian regions and settlements, in which unique monuments of history and culture of the north-west of Russia have been preserved.
The order's first class was made of 950 (23 karat) gold; the order's second class was made of silver with a gilt central medallion and the order's third class was made entirely of silver. The central medallion featured the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin , with a red enamelled five-pointed star at its top and a red enamelled scroll at the bottom ...
Kubachi silver (Russian: Кубачинское серебро) is a metalwork tradition and artistic style of silver handicrafts from the village of Kubachi in today's Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation. Of the roughly 2,500 people who live in Kubachi, the silversmith industry employs some 300 masters.
The French 1st alloy is 95% silver and 5% copper or other metals. [3] 91 zolotnik Russian silver has a millesimal fineness of 947. The zolotnik (Russian золотник, from the Russian zoloto, or золото, meaning gold) was used in Russia as early as the 11th century to denote the weight of gold coins. In its earliest usage, the zolotnik ...
A hallmark is punched into a section of a silver chain by a silversmith. A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark is used to refer to any standard of ...
Orders of chivalry of the Russian Empire (7 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Orders, decorations, and medals of the Russian Empire" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.