御賜雙龍寶星

Silver, gilt, coral stone, enamel. Size 71.3 x 48.8 mm. Weight 36.6 g.

Very rare sash badge. Silver, gold, gilt, pearls, enamel. Size 68.5 x 51 mm. Weight 59.5 g.

Excellent transitional set. Badge. Silver, gilt, coral stone, enamel. Size 106 mm. Breast star. Silver, gilt, coral stone, enamel.

Alexander Wilhelm Andreas Freiherr von Kaulbars (Russian: Александр Васильевич Каульбарс; 23 May [O.S. 11] 1844 – 25 January 1925) was a General of the Cavalry who served in the Imperial Russian Army during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A noted explorer of Central Asia, he was also...

Gold, enamel. Size 107 (including integral barrel-ring suspension) x 77 mm. Riband length 440 mm. Awarded to a Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs George Fitzmaurice Montgomery (1861-1944). Montgomery entered the Chinese Maritime Customs in 1880 at the invitation of his godfather Sir...

Leather, cardboard, fabric. Size 94x144x22 mm. The name of the Saint Petersburg firm "Арнд" comes from Arnd Johann Helwig, a goldsmith who came to St. Petersburg from Germany. In 1905–1916 "Arnd" (orders trading house) was located in Nevsky prospect, 18–12; owner Karl Ivanovich Bok /until...

Gold, blue glass cabochon, enamel. Size 59.7 x 39.3 mm. Weight 37.4 g. Wilhelm Fleischer was born on January 30, 1851 in Münster /Westphalia/. He, was a senior engineer in the Imperial German Navy and an expert in torpedo weapons. In 1881 he was assigned to the Imperial Chinese Fleet, and in...