Before 1908 marked with ИЛ /IL/.
After 1908 marked with ВД /VD/.
There is no clear time border between "early" and "late" iconography since these two were co-existed for some (or even all) time.
The earliest known time coordinated for awarded cross with "late" iconography - December 1914.
The latest known time coordinate for awarded cross with "early" iconography - 1917.
"Early" iconography of the Eduard orders in gold (representative, but not exhaustive sampling).
"Late" iconography of the Eduard orders in gold (representative, but not exhaustive sampling).
Orders with early iconography (a.k.a. "rays guilloche").
Gold, enamel.
Size 38.7×35 mm.
Weight 7.89 g.
Enamel was partly restored.
After 1908 marked with ВД /VD/.
There is no clear time border between "early" and "late" iconography since these two were co-existed for some (or even all) time.
The earliest known time coordinated for awarded cross with "late" iconography - December 1914.
The latest known time coordinate for awarded cross with "early" iconography - 1917.
"Early" iconography of the Eduard orders in gold (representative, but not exhaustive sampling).
"Late" iconography of the Eduard orders in gold (representative, but not exhaustive sampling).
Orders with early iconography (a.k.a. "rays guilloche").
Gold, enamel.
Size 38.7×35 mm.
Weight 7.89 g.
Enamel was partly restored.