C.1762 Officer's Grenadier miter plate of Schleswig-Holstein Lieb-Dragoner regiment.
The regiment was the personal body guard to Russian Czar Peter III
The mitre plate is gilded bronze.
The embossed and gilded mitre plate has three enamel inlays and an applied, embossed eagle.
Extremely rare piece from before 1800 and in excellent condition.
This mitre plate has been in my personal collection for 45+ years.
Peter III was born in the German city of Kiel as Charles Peter Ulrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp.
In 1739, Peter's father died, and he became Duke of Holstein-Gottorp as Charles Peter Ulrich.
When Peter's maternal aunt Elizabeth became Empress of Russia she brought Peter from Germany to Russia and proclaimed him her Heir Presumptive in the autumn of 1742.
Empress Elizabeth arranged for Peter to marry his second cousin, Sophia Augusta Frederica (later Catherine the Great) and they married on 21 August 1745.
Peter became Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II (the Great)
Height: 11"
width: 8"
Ships to U.S. fixed rate: $19.00 via Canada Post/USPS with Track and Trace
Ships to Canada fixed rate $19.00 via Canada Post with Track and Trace