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cifru regal, Elisabeta Feodorovna, Elizabeth of Hesse, European royal families, Familia regala, Grand Duchess of Russia, Grand Duke of Russia, Imperial Russia, Romanov, Royal ciphers, Royal Monograms, Russian Imperial Family, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia
This is a royal cipher belonging to Elisabeta Feodorovna. Her christian name is displayed under the Russian Imperial crown. Of note is the Art Nouveau like style of her name written in Cyrilic lettering. That style was much in vogue at the time (I found the cipher adorning a letter dated 1906 at the RNA) and shows the Russian Imperial Family much in touch with the cultural environment in general. ©Diana Mandache
More on royal ciphers:
Maria Alexandrovna: an exquisite Imperial Cipher
The Romanovs, 1909: A letter of Maria Alexandrovna to Marie, her daugher
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