tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post6751812623491951036..comments2024-03-28T02:42:51.950-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Red Cross Fabergé Easter Egg from World War Isnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-20864084581588642032014-05-10T12:41:15.839-07:002014-05-10T12:41:15.839-07:00I have been traveling on an ocean liner, and have ...I have been traveling on an ocean liner, and have been incommunicado, hence the late reply. Lo and behold during the voyage I came upon a presentation of Fabrege eggs by the onboard jewelry shop just itching to sell them. Not surprisingly not on the scale presented to the Russian Imperial Court; in fact they were in my opinion rather blasé, with a banal one theme opening, catering to those withAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-7679383072144203292014-04-17T11:52:28.358-07:002014-04-17T11:52:28.358-07:00The Empress and the Grand Duchesses served as nurs...The Empress and the Grand Duchesses served as nurses in Petrograd. I'm inspired by your question to look more into their service in specific. I doubt very much that they were segregated into nursing only the nobility, as that would have played poorly in the public sphere. Also, I believe they as a family were truly moved by the sacrifices of the masses in the war and would certainly want toKimballnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-39773779613751508652014-04-17T10:33:26.986-07:002014-04-17T10:33:26.986-07:00Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cros...Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Cross_with_Imperial_Portraits This egg is now at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond. Nicholas II's mother was in the Red Cross in the 1877 Russo-Turkish war and was president of the Red Cross (in the empire, I am guessing) from 1894 until her death in 1928. She was a Danish princess and returned to Denmark at the start of the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06525942960861059003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-54034517830456539252014-04-17T09:17:41.466-07:002014-04-17T09:17:41.466-07:00Is this piece in a museum now? I'm aware of t...Is this piece in a museum now? I'm aware of the Tsar's involvement in the war effort as the "Little Colonel"; did the ladies do their nursing work in Petrograd, how active were they, only treat the nobility, or the average dog face too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com