FABERGE, RUSSIAN IMPERIAL MILITARY BADGE GUARDS

FABERGE, EXTREMELY RARE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL MILITARY BADGE of GUARDS
Badge of guards Military Headquarters and the St. Petersburg Military District. Officially approved on the 7th of March, 1912. Badge is a silver St. Andrews star completed by the gold Imperial crown.
On the horizontal rays of the cross there are gold dates '1812" and '1912". In the center of the star there are combined cyphers of the Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas II. It is very rare badge. Miniature.
The badge is made by FABERGE. You can see WORKMASTER'S CYRILLIC INITIALS 'AP' FOR ALEXANDER PETROV, ST PETERSBURG, 1896-1908. Please see the screenshot from CHRISTIE'S auction for enamel box made by the same workmaster Alexander Petrov (AP) - sold price is $50.000
Few years ago the award made by Fedor Ruckert (other Faberge master) was sold on Live Auctioneer for $20,000 - please see the screenshot.
SIZE: 42 x 42 mm. Weight: 16g.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $4000 - $5000.
It is a great INVESTMENT.
REFERENCE: V.Kempf. Regimental Badges of Imperial Russia, item 6.2.30, price in VF condition is $4.000 (regular issue - not made by Faberge). Catalogue is selling on lot #1000.
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WIKIPEDIA: Peter Carl Faberge, also known as Karl Gustavovich Faberge was a Russian jeweller best known for the famous Faberge eggs made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials. He's the founder of the famous jewelry legacy House of Faberge.The House of Faberge is a jewellery firm founded in 1842 in St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, by Gustav Faberge, using the accented name Faberge. Gustav's sons Peter Carl Faberge and Agathon Faberge Sr. and grandsons followed him in running the business until it was nationalised by the Bolsheviks in 1918.