Gilded copper, enamel, glass.
Size 58x68 mm.
Weight 40.26 g.
Privately commissioned early "Holstein"/"Pavel" type of order.
Was donated to the Museum of 1812 in 1912 by General Merchansky /Д.В. Мерчанский/.
Currently in the collection of State Historical Museum.
On display.
Museum has three other crosses with the similar iconography https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...of-state-historical-museum.23510/#post-348226
In 1812, while Major-General and Chief of the 14th Infantry Division, he distinguished himself in a three-day battle under the Klyastitsy as well as in the battle near river Svolnya, took active part in capturing Polotsk and in the defeat of the Bavarians at Glubokoy. See https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сазонов,_Иван_Терентьевич
Size 58x68 mm.
Weight 40.26 g.
Privately commissioned early "Holstein"/"Pavel" type of order.
Was donated to the Museum of 1812 in 1912 by General Merchansky /Д.В. Мерчанский/.
Currently in the collection of State Historical Museum.
On display.
Museum has three other crosses with the similar iconography https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...of-state-historical-museum.23510/#post-348226
In 1812, while Major-General and Chief of the 14th Infantry Division, he distinguished himself in a three-day battle under the Klyastitsy as well as in the battle near river Svolnya, took active part in capturing Polotsk and in the defeat of the Bavarians at Glubokoy. See https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Сазонов,_Иван_Терентьевич