Dish for fish from the officers ' Assembly of the 30th Poltava regiment infantry, 1898

A huge dish in excellent collectible condition. Weight 3 kg. Porcelain, decal. Size 285*635 mm. This dish was undoubtedly part of the service commissioned for the officers ' of the regiment to its 100th anniversary in 1898, it is Made at the Riga factory of the Association of the heirs of M. S. Kuznetsov. Very interesting finish meals picture has nothing to do with the regimental sign, approved eleven years later, in 1909 On the long side there is a blue ribbon with red edges (the regiment as the second in his division had a light blue applied color edging and collar with red edging) with the dates "1798" and "1898", you will collect three intertwined letters "P" the Slavonic and the number "30" (30-th of the Poltava infantry regiment). Such a large piece of crockery from the officers ' club, and even made on the occasion of the regimental anniversary, presents a virtually unique for our day phenomenon.

The 30th Poltava infantry regiment was formed in 1798 as mushketery regiment of major-General Markovskogo (under Paul I, all the regiments of the Russian army was known by the names of cities and names of bosses). In 1801 the regiment was named Poltava musketeer, and in 1811 – Poltava infantry. As the entire 26th division, and was it the Poltava regiment took an active ushastik in the Napoleonic wars, including the battles of Borodino, Vyazma, Red, "battle of the Nations" at Leipzig and the siege of Hamburg. Poltavtsev participated in all the wars waged by Russia in the nineteenth century, and as a collective earned awards St. George banner. In the late XIX – early XX centuries the regiment quartered in Praznice (Plotsk province), being the second regiment of the 8th infantry division. Regimental holiday Poltavtsev celebrated on 29 June, old style, on Valentine's day. The apostles Peter and Paul.