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Galushkin 1961, p. 151: gold watches with the state arms — an imperial gift to Convoy NCOs

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Galushkin 1961, p. 151: gold watches with the state arms — an imperial gift to Convoy NCOs
"At the end of his six-month term the Emperor would present His orderly with a gold watch bearing the state arms." Gold watches were a customary imperial gift to Convoy NCOs; in the family account, too, Fedot Alekseevich was promised a gold watch that never reached him [Galushkin 1961, p. 151; Roster of A. B. Kalaushin, no. 73].Quotation: N. V. Galushkin, His Imperial Majesty's Own Convoy, 1961 (scan: Internet Archive)

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"At the end of his six-month term the Emperor would present His orderly with a gold watch bearing the state arms." Gold watches were a customary imperial gift to Convoy NCOs; in the family account, too, Fedot Alekseevich was promised a gold watch that never reached him [Galushkin 1961, p. 151; Roster of A. B. Kalaushin, no. 73].

Quotation: N. V. Galushkin, His Imperial Majesty's Own Convoy, 1961 (scan: Internet Archive)

Who, where, when

Date
1961
Events and objects

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Kind
Document
Held by
Internet Archive (цифровая копия)
Sources
  • S001 A.B. Kalaushin’s roster Kalaushiny (philippov.spb.ru, version 03.02 of 13 July 2025)
  • S097 N.V. Galushkin, Sobstvenny Yego Imperatorskogo Velichestva Konvoy (San Francisco, 1961)
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protected; permission requested
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Quotation: N. V. Galushkin, His Imperial Majesty's Own Convoy, 1961 (scan: Internet Archive)
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“Galushkin 1961, p. 151: gold watches with the state arms — an imperial gift to Convoy NCOs” — The Kalaushins: a family chronicle, archive. https://kalaushin.com/en/arkhiv/royal-persia-galushkin-1961-p151-ordinarets-zolotye-chasy/

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