The shoulder strap of the sailor of the 5th Fleet EIV of General Admiral Alexei Alexandrovich crew

Cloth, paint. Shoulder straps and encryption The "A" under the crown has been preserved quite well. Patronage of the brother of Emperor Alexander III, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, the last Admiral-General of the Russian fleet, was granted to the 5th naval crew on January 27, 1892. There is no exact data on whether this encryption was canceled due to the cancellation of crew numbers in 1912; it is assumed that it could have been worn until the February Revolution. The 5th naval crew was quartered in Kronstadt. The lower time limit of the subject can be determined by the technique of execution of the monogram (stencil printing with yellow paint), installed in the Russian Navy since 1896. Shoulder straps of the 5th naval crew are quite rare. Guarantee of authenticity.