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Certificate for the Romanov Badge of Honor "For Labors in Agriculture". 2nd Class.
Certificate for the Romanov Badge of Honor "For Labors in Agriculture". 2nd Class. Issued to: Vere Valerianovne Khomentovski on December 27, 1914. Very few badges of this Order are known to exist and they are extremely rare; a total of 15 First Class, 117 Second Class and 68 Third Class badges were awarded. Signed by the Minister of Agriculture and Land Management Alexander Vasilevich Krevoshein (1857-1921). After the Revolution, Krevoshein became an active anti-Bolshevik. In 1920, he became head of the Government of South Russia under General Wrangel. Александр Васильевич Кривошеин (1857-1921) - государственный секретарь, член государственного совета и товарищ министра финансов, действительный тайный советник, главноуправляющий землеустройством и земледелием (1908-1915). После Октябрьской революции видный деятель антибольшевистского движения. В 1920 возглавлял пр-во Юга России при П.Н. Врангеле в Крыму, которое попыталось провести аграрную и земскую реформы. После разгрома Врангеля - в эмиграции. Скончался в Берлине. Instituted February 14, 1913 during the Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty. Condition: Twice folded, tear upper center edge. Otherwise Very fine.
Certificate for the Romanov Badge of Honor "For Labors in Agriculture". 2nd Class. Issued to: Vere Valerianovne Khomentovski on December 27, 1914. Very few badges of this Order are known to exist and they are extremely rare; a total of 15 First Class, 117 Second Class and 68 Third Class badges were awarded. Signed by the Minister of Agriculture and Land Management Alexander Vasilevich Krevoshein (1857-1921). After the Revolution, Krevoshein became an active anti-Bolshevik. In 1920, he became head of the Government of South Russia under General Wrangel. Александр Васильевич Кривошеин (1857-1921) - государственный секретарь, член государственного совета и товарищ министра финансов, действительный тайный советник, главноуправляющий землеустройством и земледелием (1908-1915). После Октябрьской революции видный деятель антибольшевистского движения. В 1920 возглавлял пр-во Юга России при П.Н. Врангеле в Крыму, которое попыталось провести аграрную и земскую реформы. После разгрома Врангеля - в эмиграции. Скончался в Берлине. Instituted February 14, 1913 during the Tercentenary of the Romanov Dynasty. Condition: Twice folded, tear upper center edge. Otherwise Very fine.