Original Imperial Russian Pre-WWI Khodynka Cup of Sorrows or “Blood Cup” - Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II GWOT near Mourmelon

near Mourmelon

It shows scuffing and oxidation

When they met the next morning to go to the recruiter

whose memoirs also inspired the 1970s television show Baa Baa Black Sheep

The bottom right markings read UNION MADE Reg

Original Imperial Russian Pre-WWI Khodynka Cup of Sorrows or “Blood Cup” - Coronation of Tsar Nicholas II GWOT near MourmelonOriginal Item. Only One Available. The Khodynka Cup of Sorrows, also known as the Coronation Cup, the Sorrow Cup, or the Blood Cup, was a model of enamelled metal cups made for public distribution at the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna in 1896. The cup bears the initials of Nicholas and Alexandra, surrounded by a geometric pattern, with a Romanov eagle on the opposite side. This is a scarce example of what has become