Cockade from the uniform cap of a pupil of the Prince of Oldenburg's Orphanages

Bronze, silver-plated. Very good collector's condition. Size 30*33 mm. The moustache is missing, but we can restore it for free. Rare. Guarantee of authenticity. The shelter of Prince Pyotr Grigoryevich of Oldenburg was founded in Saint-Petersburg on 28 June 1846, educational institution whose purpose was the education of children of both sexes, were deprived of education in the family, most orphans and the aged, without distinction of origin, status, and religion. Since 1891, the orphanage has been granted the rights of state-owned real schools, equating its departments with educational institutions of the Ministry of Public Education.