Russian crest
displayed at the Alaska State Museum, Juneau
from the museum label:
“The double-headed eagle was the crest of Imperial Russia. Beginning in the late 1700s, Russian traders presented bronze crests as gifts to Alaska Natives. The presence of the crests also signaled to rival colonial nations that the land was claimed by the Tsar. According to clan history, this crest was presented to a leader of the Kiks.ádi clan of Sitka as a peace offering following the Battle of Sitka in 1804.”
Russian crest
displayed at the Alaska State Museum, Juneau
from the museum label:
“The double-headed eagle was the crest of Imperial Russia. Beginning in the late 1700s, Russian traders presented bronze crests as gifts to Alaska Natives. The presence of the crests also signaled to rival colonial nations that the land was claimed by the Tsar. According to clan history, this crest was presented to a leader of the Kiks.ádi clan of Sitka as a peace offering following the Battle of Sitka in 1804.”