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1st class set was made in 1899 and was awarded sometime around 1899/1900.
1st class cross.
Gold, enamel.
Size 50 mm.
Weight 27.6 g.
Marked with "double-headed imperial eagle" and maker's mark "AK" for Albert Keibel on reverse, ring marked with a rare St. Petersburg assay office "large" variation of the gold hallmark "56, kokoshnik to the left, initials of the assay inspector of the St. Petersburg assay office "ЯЛ/YL" (Яков Ляпунов/Yakov Lyapunov)" that was used only during 1899.
Breast star.
Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 90 mm.
Weight 50.6 g.
Marked with "double-headed imperial eagle", maker's mark "Keibel" and St. Petersburg assay office "large" variation of the gold hallmark "56, kokoshnik to the left, initials of the assay inspector of the St. Petersburg assay office "ЯЛ/YL" (Яков Ляпунов/Yakov Lyapunov)" that was used only during 1899.
Marks.
1st class set was made in 1899 and was awarded sometime around 1899/1900.
1st class cross.
Gold, enamel.
Size 50 mm.
Weight 27.6 g.
Marked with "double-headed imperial eagle" and maker's mark "AK" for Albert Keibel on reverse, ring marked with a rare St. Petersburg assay office "large" variation of the gold hallmark "56, kokoshnik to the left, initials of the assay inspector of the St. Petersburg assay office "ЯЛ/YL" (Яков Ляпунов/Yakov Lyapunov)" that was used only during 1899.
Breast star.
Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 90 mm.
Weight 50.6 g.
Marked with "double-headed imperial eagle", maker's mark "Keibel" and St. Petersburg assay office "large" variation of the gold hallmark "56, kokoshnik to the left, initials of the assay inspector of the St. Petersburg assay office "ЯЛ/YL" (Яков Ляпунов/Yakov Lyapunov)" that was used only during 1899.
Marks.