Plate from the officers ' Assembly of the 18th Turkestan rifle regiment

18th Turkestan rifle regiment dvuhsotletnego composition was formed in 1910 from the 3rd and 4th Transcaspian rifle battalions. From the ancestors of the regiment inherited their regalia: from the 3rd battalion of the TRANS-Caspian – the banner with the inscription: "For distinction in the cases against the enemy in the TRANS-Caspian region in 1884 and 1885," and from the 4th Caspian – the Alexander jubilee ribbon to the banner (this battalion kept its history to 1801). Since its formation until the outbreak of the world war, the regiment was stationed in Askhabad. Apparently, in 1910, immediately after the formation of, for officers ' Assembly of the regiment at the Dulevo factory of the Association of the heirs of M. S. Kuznetsov was ordered crockery. The number of items in the set was approximately twice smaller than for infantry regiments, as dvuhmetrovom infantry regiment was twice less officers than in chetyrehbalnoy infantry (30 people instead of 60). Cartouche, border and abbreviated name of the crimson colors, the traditional infantry units of the Russian army (the same color applied for the gunners went into the Red and then Soviet army, which existed until 1969). Rare item in perfect preservation.