Database of the St.George Order Fake Breast Stars

Variation of fake breast star with a fake maker's mark "ДО".

Silver, gilt, enamel.

Fake marks.

 

Fake breast star made by "Nichols & Plinke".

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 65 x 65 mm.
Weight 40.6 mm.

Marked with a fake marks "84", "anchors", "АМ 1831" and "N&Р".

 

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 84 × 83 mm.
Weight 60.75 g.

Fake marks.

Levin's certificate of authenticity.

 

"Eduard-made" fake Saint George order breast star.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 98 mm.

Fake mark.

 

Yet another variation of a fake embroidered breast star of the St.George order.

Size 115 mm.

 

New variant of a fake breast star. This time it is "made by AP" ... whatever this АР might be.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 108 mm.
Weight 83.8 g.

Fake marks.

 

Fake breast star with a two fake silver hallmarks.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 90 mm.
Weight 47.9 g.

Double trouble, so to speak.

 

Embroidered fake breast star of Saint George order.

Size 70 × 70 mm.

 

Fake embroidered breast star of Saint George order.

 

Fake "Dmitry Osipov-made" reduced breast star.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 52 mm.
Weight 48.81 g.

Fake marks.

 

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 78 mm.
Weight 51.55 g.

Unmarked.

 

Fake embroidered breast star of Saint George order.

Fabric, gold wire, gold sequins.
Size 95 x 95 mm.
Weight 13.32 g.

 

"Frederic Bjork-made" fake breast star with yet another "expert opinion" from Mr. Levin. But this time our phaleristical 20x magnification Expertman has a sidekick - young and beautiful Expertgirl.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 80 mm.
Weight 51.1 g.

Naïve fake silver hallmarks and no less naïve maker's marks "FB".

"Experts scrawls" from 2024.

"A visual inspection of the star at 20x magnification, as well as comparison with known authentic samples housed in the Historical Museum, allow us to conclude that the star of the Order of St. George submitted for examination is genuine, crafted in the 1860s in the St. Petersburg jewelry workshop of master craftsman Frederik Björk. Many members of St. Petersburg's military and civilian elite in the mid-19th century commissioned badges and stars from his workshop. F. Björk's order badges are housed in the State Hermitage Museum, as well as in the Military History Museum of Artillery, Engineering Troops, and Signal Corps.

Фотографическое изображение лицевой и оборотной сторон звезды ордена воспроизведено на прилагаемом рисунке Визуальный осмотр звезды при двадцатикратном увеличении, а также сравнение с заведомо подлинными образцами, хранящимися в Историческом музее, позволяют сделать вывод о том, что представленная на экспертизу звезда ордена Св. Георгия, является подлинной, изготовленной в 1860-х гг. в ювелирной мастерской Санкт-Петербурга мастера Фредерика Бьорка. Многие представители военной и гражданской элиты Санкт-Петербурга середины ХІХ в. заказывали знаки и звезды в его мастерской. Орденские знаки Ф. Бьорка хранятся в Государственном Эрмитаже, а также в Военно-историческом музее артиллерии, инженерных войск и войск связи."


What should you do when the State Historical Museum in Moscow has forbidden you from using its seal, its image, and even the seal of the Society of Friends of the Museum?
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The situation is serious.

You need to immediately "mobilize" a colleague with the impressive title of head of the numismatics department (makes you wonder what exactly Alexandra Vladimirovna Kalashnikova, head of the numismatics department of Historical Museum in Moscow received from participating in this "expertise").

But we still can't stamp the museum's seal.

What should we do?

We go to the HR department and ask them to certify our signatures on this incredible "expertise."

Yes, it's the seal of the HR department of the State Historical Museum, but at least it's something...

Wasn't it after jokes like these that he had to switch to toilet paper and "personal stamp" https://asiamedals.info/threads/database-of-fake-orders-of-st-george.23437/page-8#post-371749.

For those who are interested in what the real breast star of the Order of St. George made by Frederic Bjork workshop from the collection of Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps in St. Petersburg looks like https://asiamedals.info/threads/bre...-made-by-workshop-of-frederic-bjork-fb.28148/.

Another example of a fake FB-made breast star of Saint George order https://asiamedals.info/threads/database-of-the-st-george-order-fake-breast-stars.26300/#post-357631 ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/database-of-the-st-george-order-fake-breast-stars.26300/#post-360790.

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