The badge on the courier's bag (?) Moscow Imperial Educational Home

An original and quite massive plaque in good collector's condition. Under the heads of the eagle is a ribbon with the motto of the House "And you will be alive." Bronze, gilding. Guarantee of authenticity.

The Moscow Imperial Orphanage was founded in 1764 on the initiative of the enlightener I. I. Betsky as a charitable closed educational institution for orphans, foundlings and street children. The largest building in Moscow from the pre-revolutionary period (the length of the facade along the embankment is 379 m). Of the three square buildings, only two were built in the 18th century (architect Karl Blank); the eastern building was completed in the 20th century (architect I. I. Loveyko). In the 19th century, the expansion of the Orphanage was supervised by architects I. D. Gilardi and Domenico Gilardi, A. G. Grigoriev, M. D. Bykovsky. Until 2015, the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences were based in the buildings of the Orphanage. The ensemble of buildings that were part of the orphanage complex is an architectural monument of the XVIII—XX centuries.