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Prince Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg (1844 – 1932)
Photo circa 1916-1917
5.2” x 9.1” (13.2 cm x 23 cm)
Prince Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg, great-grandson ofRussian Emperor Paul I.
Major General of the Suite (28.3.71), Adjutant General(19.2.80), Lieutenant General (30.8.81), Infantry General (6.12.95), commanderof the Life Guards Preobrazhensky Regiment (1870-76), commanded 1st Brigade ofthe 1st Guards Division “Petrovskaya Brigade” (1876-80), “the zealous princetried in vain to eradicate” homosexuality in military life, commander of theGuards Corps (1885-89); Chairman of the Anti-Plague Commission (1897),organizer and trustee of the Institute of Experimental Medicine (1900-04),creator of the Abkhaz resort of Gagra (9.1.1903), Supreme Chief of the sanitaryand evacuation unit (1916-17)
Granted diamond-decorated connected portraits of AlexanderII, Alexander III and Nicholas II for wearing on St. Andrew's ribbon(12/25/1916). This award is visible in the photo - on the right side of thechest
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