1st Peter the Great's Moscow Leib-Dragoon Regiment, Tver, c. 1910.

The insignia on the shoulder straps, the cavalry uniform, the regimental badge pinned to his chest, and the studio location in Tver--all make this clearly a trooper of the 1st Peter the Great's Moscow Leib-Dragoon Regiment just before World War One.

The regimental badge.

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