Gift Of The Empress

Easter greetings from Her Imperial Majesty Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. Charity edition for gifts to soldiers in military hospitals. With numerous illustrations, portraits of the Imperial family, and facsimiles of the autographs of Alexandra Feodorovna and the Royal children - Tsarevich Alexei and Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia. Easter greetings come in: Prayer Bulletin Church calendar for 1916 the Orders of Nicholas II, the Army and Navy (23 August 1915 and 31 Dec 1915) As Russian heroes-soldiers and their families to obtain a pension or benefit Samples of petitions. This calendar is the booklet issued by the society of St. Eugenia soldiers, sailors.

Patterns Easter calendar, was played by a Russian artist Ivan Bilibin. Publishing house of the Moscow Art Printing house in 1916.

In the Easter calendar 77 pages, format 9,5 X 13 cm, thickness 3,5 mm.

The calendar itself is a rarity, but its peculiarity is that on the fourth page of the calendar, near the red Easter eggs filled with gift inscription hand-written by the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna: "the EASTER GIFT FROM EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA to SKIPPER IVAN FOMICH to GERASIMCHUKA", the inscription was made at the time of donation of the calendar.

Ivan Fomich Gerasimchuk really were then on known Imperial ship "Tsarevich" skipper and passed the calendar in his family for inheritancesfrom.