The circle of lovers of military antiquity was created in Paris on March 3, 1946. Later it was renamed the Society of Zealots of Russian Military Antiquity. The tasks of the circle were to preserve memorable and valuable objects of the "glorious Russian military past"; forging links between collectors and researchers interested in Russia's military history; publication of materials on Russian military history, bibliography, medallistics, etc.; organization of exhibitions, reports on military-historical topics. The authors of the collection are major military officers of the old Russian army, founders of the Circle.