Photo of the full St. George cavalier-sub-ensign of the L-GV of the Pavlovsky Regiment

An extremely rare picture of a postcard format, depicting a full knight of the St. George Cross-a sub-ensign, with his wife. Introduced in 1906, the rank of sub-ensign was a kind of intermediate link between officers and lower ranks, like modern ensigns. It was assigned to the lower ranks who declared their desire to remain on long-term service and passed the appropriate exam. According to the states, an infantry company was supposed to have no more than three sub-ensigns, and one of them, as a rule, held the position of a company sergeant-major. In material terms, such a service was very profitable. The sub-ensign received a salary of 40 rubles a month, the same as junior officers, but the officer was obliged to support himself at his own expense, and the sub-ensign lived "on everything ready" - food, uniforms, living quarters and other types of allowances were provided by the treasury. The sub-ensigns, as well as the officers, were armed with a saber and a revolver.

The man depicted, judging by the lining of the colored braid on the plank and the cuffs of the shirt, serves in the Guards Infantry. The red braid on the cuffs denotes the 2nd Guards Infantry Division, the white one on the breastplate – the third regiment of the division, the Life Guards Pavlovsky. On the left breast pocket there is a regimental badge, which outwardly repeated the cross for the victory at the Battle of St. Petersburg. Preussisch-Eylau in 1807 On the shoulder straps are stripes of gold braid: a wide longitudinal one – for a sub-ensign and a wide transverse one – for a company sergeant. On the cap-the officer's cockade, which is prescribed for sub-ensigns. The character began to serve even before the war, as evidenced by the medals in memory of the 100th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812 and the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov; in addition, he was awarded four St. George Crosses. The last one in the block is the medal for the excellent performance of the general mobilization of 1914, established in 1915. The guarantee of authenticity.