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The Order of St. George Egg
A Faberge Imperial Easter Egg presented by Tsar Nicholas II to his mother
the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna at Easter 1916. The simple Order
of St. George egg (1916), given to the Dowager Empress Maria that year,
was another gesture to wartime austerity. Away from St. Petersburg supervising
Red Cross activities in the south, she wrote to her son: "I thank
you with all my heart for your lovely Egg, which dear old Faberge brought
himself. It is beautiful. I wish you, my darling Nickya, all the best
things and success in everything. Your fondly loving old Mama." The
Order of St. George Egg had been delivered to Maria in the Crimea. She
never returned to St. Petersburg, and when she was finally evacuated on
a British cruiser, she carried it with her. It was the egg she held most
dear.
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Был объявлен аукцион: Sale N07981 April 20-21, 2004.
Но аукционному дому Сотби сделали предложение,
от которого он не мог отказаться. О сенсационной продаже-покупке было
объявлено 4 февраля 2004 года.
Теперь всем нам предоставляется возможность полюбоваться
этой красотой. Надеюсь не только на фотографиях, но и в живую. Обещают
показать даже в Ижевске. Now the opportunity to admire is granted all
of us this beauty. I hope not only in photos, but also in alive. Promise
to show even in Izhevsk.
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