Badge of a graduate of the Russian University in 1899, large format

Bronze, gilding, enamel. The original sign is in excellent collector's condition. The mount is screw-mounted. The sign on the original twist. Guarantee of authenticity.

On June 11, 1899, the regulation of the Cabinet of Ministers "On the establishment of a badge for persons who have completed a full course of non-medical faculties of Imperial Russian Universities" was approved.

The design of the badge and the rules for its wearing were finally regulated: civilians wore academic badges on the right side of their chests, all others on the left. The right to wear badges of graduation from imperial universities extended to graduates of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Kazan, Kharkov, Yurievsky (now Tartussky), Kiev St. Vladimir, Novorossiysk (Odessa) universities — for all the badges were the same for non-medical faculties.

The new sign practically repeated the sign of 1885 and differed only in the coating of the diamond with white enamel instead of an ornament and the absence of a letter under the cross. The eagle was to be attached directly to the upper corner of the diamond, and the cross was supposed to be a separate overhead detail. The dimensions are 58×35 mm. The sign was attached to the clothes with a pin. The appearance of this sign did not stop the existence of the badge, introduced for graduates of all faculties (1889), since the sign did not indicate which university it was issued for.

On September 12, 1899, by "the highest order announced by the Minister of War," a "reduced-size breastplate was established for generals, staff and chief officers, civilian officials of the military department and lower ranks who graduated from the course of non-medical faculties of Imperial Russian Universities." The latter was one and a half times smaller in size than its purely civilian counterpart — 41 × 22 mm.

The badges of academic degrees were supposed to be worn on the right side of the chest below the order stars and badges of military academies, but above other badges. Signs of all kinds were made at the expense of the owners at various enterprises and from private craftsmen, so their material and sizes varied. In addition to the "standard" signs, there were also their "dress" copies, which were about two to three times smaller than the originals, for wearing in an informal setting.