The invitation to the ball of the 41st artillery brigade RIA

41st artillery brigade attached to an infantry division of the same numbers, leading its history from 1874, when the reserve brigades that had existed since 1854, formed a new brigade of field artillery. Part performed well during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877 – 1878, and some of its batteries were awarded the silver trumpets "For Turkish war". For distinction in the Russo-Japanese war of 1904 – 1905, and in particular, in the battle of Mukden, the brigade was granted the St. George silver trumpets with the inscription "For Mukden in 1905". They are pictured on the cover of the invitation to the ball, organizuemye team.

This event has been a real decoration of living the quiet provincial town in Western region, where was concentrated most of the Russian army. 41st artillery brigade in 1892 stood in Bobruisk, where 2 Feb 1909 and held the ball. Blank invitations homemade, picture of a pipe covered with silver and cut paper were then pasted on a plain sheet of the record drawings. The manufacture of such forms was widely rasprostranennie practice of the time in provincial towns, where there was no more or less large and high-quality printing. What exactly could be timed by the date of the ball, the install failed. Presumably, this could be a farewell ball associated with the redeployment of troops of the XVI army corps, which was part of the team, in the Kazan military district, completed next, 1910. Similar colored forms are characteristic of his time, although he survived in very small numbers. Size A4 Blanca. The guarantee of authenticity.