Awarded cigarette case dedicated to the tenth anniversary of VChK and OGPU «Святой Георгий Победоносец» (Saint George). Silver .84 fine. The Russian Empire-RSFSR, 1908-1927.
Awarded cigarette case dedicated to the tenth anniversary of VChK and OGPU «Святой Георгий Победоносец» (Saint George). Silver .84 fine. The Russian Empire-RSFSR, 1908-1927.
Awarded signature cigarette case with a cushion with Saint George, engraved with the VChK and the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) party logos. The engraving is dedicated to the tenth anniversary of these government agencies. The cigarette case was awarded to Galdilin Mikhail Grigorevich (1899 - ?) — the head of Chainsky (from June 1931), Kargasoksky (from October 1932) OGPU regional offices, from November 1937 — the head of Secret Political Department (SPO) of Narymsky Regional Department of NKVD, lieutenant of state security. Arrested on the 2nd of January 1938. Vindicated in September 1939. From February 1940 — chief executive officer of Narymsky district forest and chemical industry union.
Silver, castling, engraving, gilding, mounting.
Inscription on the cover of the cigarette case: «Стойкому часовому Октября т. М.Г. Галдилину в день Х-летия органов ВЧК-ОГПУ от президиума Бердичевского Окрисполкома» (To the dauntless sentry of the October, comrade M.G. Galdilin, in the day of the tenth anniversary of VChK-OGPU from the presidium of Berdichevsky district executive committee). The back cover of the cigarette case is engraved with the VChK-OGPU party logos and dates «1917-1927».
Weight: 159 grams.
Size of covers: 11.3 x 8.5 centimeters.
Trademarks: .84 fine, a head of a maiden in a head-band, «delta» in an oval bezel, sponsor’s mark «ЕФ» (EF) in a rectangular bezel.
Condition: in a good state of preservation.
The Russian Empire-RSFSR. Cigarette case with a cushion — Moscow, master «ЕФ» (EF), 1908-1917; engraving — 1927.
The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (VChK) was established on the 7th of December, 1917 as a government body of the «dictatorship of the proletariat». The main purpose of the commission was combating counterrevolution and sabotage. VChK also functioned as an intelligence, counterintelligence, and domestic intelligence. From 1921 VChK also eradicated homelessness and child neglect.
On the 6th of February, 1922, VChK was liquidated, and its authority was transmitted to State Political Directorate, which later was renamed as Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU). Combating counterrevolution in any of its demonstrations remained the main purpose of the body. OGPU exercised special military units, responsible for the oppression of mass disorders and combating banditry. In addition, the organization was responsible for railway lines and waterways security, preventing contraband and illegal border-crossing by Soviet citizens, implementation of special orders of VTsIK and the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union. OGPU’s powers were massively extended on the 9th of May, 1924. OGPU gained control over police forces and the criminal investigation department.
Felix Dzerzhinsky was the director of these organizations until his death on the 20th of July, 1926. His successor was the former people’s commissar of finances, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky.
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Awarded cigarette case dedicated to the tenth anniversary of VChK and OGPU «Святой Георгий Победоносец» (Saint George). Silver .84 fine. The Russian Empire-RSFSR, 1908-1927.
Awarded signature cigarette case with a cushion with Saint George, engraved with the VChK and the Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU) party logos. The engraving is dedicated to the tenth anniversary of these government agencies. The cigarette case was awarded to Galdilin Mikhail Grigorevich (1899 - ?) — the head of Chainsky (from June 1931), Kargasoksky (from October 1932) OGPU regional offices, from November 1937 — the head of Secret Political Department (SPO) of Narymsky Regional Department of NKVD, lieutenant of state security. Arrested on the 2nd of January 1938. Vindicated in September 1939. From February 1940 — chief executive officer of Narymsky district forest and chemical industry union.
Silver, castling, engraving, gilding, mounting.
Inscription on the cover of the cigarette case: «Стойкому часовому Октября т. М.Г. Галдилину в день Х-летия органов ВЧК-ОГПУ от президиума Бердичевского Окрисполкома» (To the dauntless sentry of the October, comrade M.G. Galdilin, in the day of the tenth anniversary of VChK-OGPU from the presidium of Berdichevsky district executive committee). The back cover of the cigarette case is engraved with the VChK-OGPU party logos and dates «1917-1927».
Weight: 159 grams.
Size of covers: 11.3 x 8.5 centimeters.
Trademarks: .84 fine, a head of a maiden in a head-band, «delta» in an oval bezel, sponsor’s mark «ЕФ» (EF) in a rectangular bezel.
Condition: in a good state of preservation.
The Russian Empire-RSFSR. Cigarette case with a cushion — Moscow, master «ЕФ» (EF), 1908-1917; engraving — 1927.
The All-Russian Extraordinary Commission (VChK) was established on the 7th of December, 1917 as a government body of the «dictatorship of the proletariat». The main purpose of the commission was combating counterrevolution and sabotage. VChK also functioned as an intelligence, counterintelligence, and domestic intelligence. From 1921 VChK also eradicated homelessness and child neglect.
On the 6th of February, 1922, VChK was liquidated, and its authority was transmitted to State Political Directorate, which later was renamed as Joint State Political Directorate (OGPU). Combating counterrevolution in any of its demonstrations remained the main purpose of the body. OGPU exercised special military units, responsible for the oppression of mass disorders and combating banditry. In addition, the organization was responsible for railway lines and waterways security, preventing contraband and illegal border-crossing by Soviet citizens, implementation of special orders of VTsIK and the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union. OGPU’s powers were massively extended on the 9th of May, 1924. OGPU gained control over police forces and the criminal investigation department.
Felix Dzerzhinsky was the director of these organizations until his death on the 20th of July, 1926. His successor was the former people’s commissar of finances, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky.
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