Antique Imperial Russian Menu by Stern Prince Vladimir Orloff Orlov Coat of Arms
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Rare antique imperial Russian unused Menu made by Maison Stern who specialized in engraving letter paper, invitations, announcements, monograms, signet rings, and greeting cards for members of the Russian and European aristocracy. Prince Orloff was a Russian general and friend of Tsar Nicholas II, that particpated in the Olympics of 1900. He was the son of Princess Catherine Trubetskoy and Prince Nicolas Alexievitch Orloff, Russian ambassador in Paris. Prince Vladimir entered the Corps de Pages in 1887 and the Regiment of Horse Guards in 1889, in which his grandfather had been a colonel. Their relations were reinforced during the first revolution when the court was isolated in Tsarskoe Selo and from that moment was rarely out of contact with the Emperor, although he did not approve of Rasputin.
On 21st August 1915 during World War I, the Emperor decided to assume the supreme command of the army, Prince Orloff in turn was sent to the Caucasus to serve with Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich, Commander and Viceroy of the province. He was dismissed because of illness on 31st March 1917 and spent the rest of 1917 in the Crimea with the Grand Duke before emigrating to France. In 1922 in Berlin he founded with Duke George Leuchtenburg, the writer Sergei Sokolov-Kretchetov, Alexander Valentinovich Amphitheatrov and Peter Krasnov, the'Brotherhood of Russian Truth', an anti-communist organization which aimed to overthrow the government Soviet and restore the monarchy to Russia. His second wife was Countess Elizabeth A.
He died in Bellefontaine, in Samois-sur-Seine. Photos form part of the description. Size: 15.5 x 10 cm approx.