4th class St.George Orders made by unknown St.Petersburg workshop in 1900s/1910s

Crosses of this unknown manufacturer have quite peculiar iconography.

1st type of iconography.

4th class cross from the collection of Turku Museum Center.

Gold, enamel.
Size 42×37 mm.
Marked with St.Petersburg gold assay mark "56" from 1908-1917 time period and unreadable maker mark.

Marks.

Wrongly attributed by museum as 3rd class (probably because of the ribbon).

 

4th class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Size 38.3 mm.
Weight 9.63 g.
Marked with St.Petersburg gold assay mark "56" from 1908-1917 time period and unreadable maker mark.

Central medallions.

Marks.

 

Iconography of 1st type.

 

2nd type of iconography.

Gold, enamel.
Size 35.3 mm.
Weight 9.13 g.
Marked with St.Petersburg gold assay mark "56" from 1908-1917 time period. Maker's mark once again.

Central medallion was badly damaged.

Marks.

 

Another "bulbous" 4th class cross with iconography of 2nd type. Reverse medallion has unusual for this workshop iconography.

Not that СГ monogram is not a "zebrous" one.

Marks (maker's mark "traditionally" unreadable).

Same cross under different light. Note that somebody swapped obverse and reverse medallions.

 

4th class Saint George cross of 2nd type iconography from the collection of Tallinn City museum.

Gold, enamel.
Size 37 mm.
Weight 9.2 g.

Marked with St. Petersburg assay officer gold hallmark [alpha, kokoshnik to the right, 56] from 1908-1917 time period. Maker's mark unreadable.

 

4th class Saint George cross of 2nd type iconography.

Gold, enamel.
Size 42.4×37.7 mm.
Weight 9.76 g.эмаль, 9,76 г.

Marked with St. Petersburg assay officer gold hallmark of "shovel" type [alpha, kokoshnik to the right, 56] from 1908-1917 time period. Maker's mark unreadable.

Marks.