RUSSIAN IMPERIAL BADGE MILITARY MOUNTED SERVICE, 1897

RUSSIAN IMPERIAL BADGE MILITARY MOUNTED SERVICE, 1897
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL BADGE of the MILITARY MOUNTED SERVICE of Warsaw Military District, 1897
Officially approved on the 20th of February, 1897. Badge is a horseshoe with inscription. Beneath the badge is the ribbon dated "1894”. Russian silver eagle is in the center of the horseshoe.
Badge was given to those who was in a service for not less than 3 years.
This variant of badge is more rare because the badges with bronze double-headed eagle were awarded only for civilian and made in low issue.
SIZE: 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (4 x 3 cm).
ESTIMATE PRICE: $2500 - $3000.
REFERENCE: V.Kempf. Regimental Badges of Imperial Russia, Catalogue, 2014, item 2.5.5.20, price in VF condition is $4500 - please see the screenshot (CATALOGUE is selling on lot #1000).
HISTORY of SALES: Russia, St.Petersburg, Gunshow, 2013, F-VF, $2200.
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WIKIPEDIA: The Warsaw Military District was a Russian military district of the Imperial Russian Army. It covered the territory of Congress Poland (without the part of Suwałki in Vilno Military District). The Warsaw Military District was created in 1862. When World War I broke out, most of the units of the district (three out of its five infantry corps) were used to form the 2nd Army. Since the territory of the district was overrun by German and Austro-Hungarian armies in the course of 1915, it was dissolved, and its staff used in creating the new Minsk Military District.