A silver regimental punch service, 13th Artel, Moscow, 1912

comprising a bowl, twelve kovsh-form cups and a kovsh-form ladle, all engraved with the regimental monogram OSSKA (Cyrillic), the bowl inscribed in Russian 'To the Officer Assembly of the Sevastopol Fortress Artillery in remembrance of 9 October 1912 from Sergei Stepanovich Khrulev', 84 standard

The bowl in generally good condition, with minor scratches consistent with age and some use, and with one shallow dent. Some of the kovshi are splitting at the join of the handle and the bowl.
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Sergei Stepanovich Khrulev (1860-1913) was an important banker and entrepreneur of Imperial Russia.  He studied and practiced Law before becoming the head of the St Petersburg International Commercial Bank in 1901.  Throughout his tenure at the bank, he acted as State Councillor on financial affairs.  After the October 1905 Revolution, Khrulev was elected leader of the Economically-Progressive Party.  In 1909 he published his academic thesis “The Finances of Russia in Relation to the Economic Situation of Her People”.  His presence on countless boards and committees secured his reputation as a titan of pre-Revolution Russian industry.