EXTREMELY RARE RUSSIAN WHITE GUARD ATAMAN SEMENOV, MANCHURIAN DISTRICT, OMO
An extremely rare badge from a very collectible period of Russian history: the OMO (Special Manchurian Ataman Semenov Group) Jubilee Badge of the Russian Empire in 1937, commemorating 20 years of the special Manchurian district from 1917 to 1937. Please refer to the screenshot from the catalog for more details.
HALLMARKS: The badge has two maker's marks 'JK' in Russian for silver master Kraines Yakov Nahmanov - please see the images. The screw has inscription on Russian and Chinese - HARBIN - please see screenshot from catalogue.
CONDITION: In very good condition considering its age, with no visible damage or repairs. The item has been described to the best of our knowledge. For additional information, please refer to the pictures, and feel free to contact us via email with any questions.
PROVENANCE: 1. From N. Pavlov's collection, representing the second generation of Russian emigration in the USA; 2. Jasper52, New York, NY, United States, February 13, 2019 (the winner will receive this information - history of sale is very IMPORTANT for serious collection).
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HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago, award from OMO was sold on Live Auctioneers for $3,600 (8 years ago) - please refer to the screenshot for details.
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WIKIPEDIA: The 5th Pri-Amur Corps was a formation of the Siberian Army, part of the anti-Bolshevik White movement during the Russian Civil War. It primarily operated in the Transbaikal region and was headquartered in the city of Chita. The 5th Corps was formed from the Transbaikal Cossacks and various other volunteer forces fighting under Ataman (chief) Grigory Semyonov, as part of his Special Manchurian Unit - OMO. After Grigory Semyonov's OMO, based in Chita and sponsored by Japanese intervention forces, made contact with the Provisional Siberian government under Pyotr Vologodsky in September 1918, he was promoted by the Omsk government's war minister Pavel Ivanov-Rinov to the rank of colonel and was designated as the commander of the 5th Pri-Amur Army Corps. The OMO and other units in the Russian Far East were subordinated to the new 5th Corps. The unit received equipment and money from the Japanese, including rifles, ammunition, field guns, and clothing. In addition to artillery, the 5th Corps also operated eight aircraft and several armored trains. There was friction between Semyonov's loyalists in the OMO and the other units of the 5th Corps that were more loyal to the Provisional Siberian government, and they viewed each other with suspicion. When Admiral Alexander Kolchak, a rival of the ataman and his Japanese backers, took control of the Siberian government in a coup, the hostility between the two factions escalated. Semyonov blocked telegraph communications between Omsk and Vladivostok, and refused to follow his orders. In December 1918 Kolchak issued Directive No. 60 which accused Semyonov of banditry and atrocities, removing him from command of the 5th Corps. In mid-December, Semyonov renamed the 5th Pri-Amur Corps to tHe'separate Eastern Siberian Army' and went under that name, with the 5th Corps being dissolved.

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