Epaulettes of the adjutant wing, captain of the 1st company of the Guards Infantry Regiment

By the end of the 19th century, the Russian army had developed a tradition according to which officers and lower ranks who served in the first companies of the guards units under the patronage of the emperor (the so-called "monogram" or "sovereign" companies) retained the right to wear the monograms assigned to them on shoulder straps and epaulettes even after the death of the august chief as a kind of commemorative the difference. The right to wear such monograms was retained as long as the officer was in the ranks of the first company. At the same time, officers who had the military court rank of adjutant wing additionally wore the bill of lading of the emperor under whom they were granted the adjutant wing rank. In this case, the AIII monogram in the color of a metal device means service in the first company of the regiment at the time of the death of Emperor Alexander III (October 20, 1894), and the NII monogram means the presence of the adjutant rank granted under Nicholas II. Judging by the silver device and the red applied color, the officer could have served in the infantry regiments of the Lithuanian Life Guards, Volyn Life Guards or in the Life Guards Sapper Battalion. Such combined monograms were often found among the grand dukes, who had the right to wear the uniforms of several regiments. Extremely rare epaulettes in excellent condition. Guarantee of authenticity.