Early sailors shoulder straps of the 5-th naval crew REEF

5-th naval crew were among the oldest in the Russian Navy and as of the end of XIX century there lived in Kronstadt. 27 Jan 1892, numbered, coded message to the crew was replaced with the monogram of Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich, the last General-Admiral of the Russian fleet. Shoulder straps made in the traditional technique of the Russian Navy, which entered into use in the 1820's. To cut to the pursuit curve to its linkage with a special stamp punch contour figures, and then placed a white cloth and sewn around the perimeter (initially manually, and from the 1860s, machine stitching). Despite the age and yellowing of white cloth, the shoulder straps have been preserved well. Equipped with genuine button with image of an anchor.Fabric overhead a few coarse from time to time. The guarantee of authenticity.