№121199The badge of the "Konstantinovsky artillery school"

Russian Empire. Badge of graduation from the Konstantinovsky artillery school. Approved - 23.12.1906.
White enamel cross under the Golden Imperial crown. At the ends of its inscription in gold: "1807" and "1907", as well as the monogram of the Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas II. In the center, framed by a green wreath, a Golden noble crown (reminding that the school came from a Noble regiment), lying on the letter " K " (monogram of the Great Prince Konstantin Pavlovich).

By order of the Minister of war No. 112 of may 14, 1859, the Konstantinovsky cadet corps was renamed the Konstantinovsky military school. Pupils of the school were called Junkers and were on full state support. Junkers are given red shoulder straps. In 1894, on the basis of the Order of the military Department No. 140, the 2nd military Konstantinovsky school was reorganized into the Konstantinovsky artillery school (two training batteries of 225 Junkers and 8 guns each) with two years of compulsory training and subsequent release by sub-lieutenants in the artillery, as well as an additional course to prepare 35 of the most successful Junkers for admission to the Mikhailovsky artillery Academy. The first head of the school was Colonel V. T. Chernyavsky, a former commander of the training battery of the Mikhailovsky artillery school.

Bronze, gold, hot enamel. The sign is typed, three-tiered. Manufacturer's mark on the nut And.Knedler in Warsaw. Size 46.4*33.6 mm.