Early Orders of St.Anna (so-called "Holstein" or "Pavel" type) from private collections

1st class cross
Bronze gilt, enamel, red and white paste stones.
Size 68.7 x 60 mm
Weight 49 g.

Central medallions.

Practically identical to the cross from the collection of State Historical Museum in Moscow https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...of-state-historical-museum.23510/#post-348228

Another 1st class cross with such iconography https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...e-from-private-collections.23605/#post-356256

 

Another 1st class cross from the same unknown workshop.
Bronze gilt, enamel, red and white paste stones.
Size 70.1 х 59 mm.
Weight 51.9 g.

 

2nd class "reduced size" cross.
Gold, enamel, crystal and pastes.
Size 50 x 42 mm.

Ex-Sandars collection.

Practically identical to this piece from the collection of State Historical Museum in Moscow https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...of-state-historical-museum.23510/#post-348230

 

Another 2nd class cross of reduced size.
Gold, enamel, crystal and pastes.
Size 53 x 48 mm.
Weight 19.51 g.

 

2nd class cross.
Bronze, gilt, enamel, green and white paste stones.
Size 51 x 44 mm.

Photos courtesy of the owner.

Medallions.

Same cross under different light.

 

Rare officially issued by Kapitul /Chapter/ 1st class St.Anna in gold made by Panov workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...olstein-type-made-by-afanasy-panov-aop.25789/

Gold, silver, enamel, glass.
Size 78.3×72 mm.
Weight 55.88 g.

Marked on the reverse with St.Petersburg assay office gold hallmark and on the eyelet with French import hallmark for gold "ET".

Central medallions.

Mark.

See for comparison https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...of-state-historical-museum.23510/#post-348233

 

1st class St.Anna with interesting iconography.

Bronze, gilding, glass, enamel.
Size 67.5.3×57.7 mm.

2nd class cross from the same unknown workshop with very close iconography.

Bronze, gilding, glass, enamel.
Size 52 mm.

Medallions comparison.

 

Salty cross.
Bronze, gilt, enamel, green, red and white paste stones.

 

1st class cross (crosses made by the same workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...or-pavel-type-from-private-collections.23605/)

Bronze, gilding, silver, glass, enamel.
Size 67.0 x 56.6 mm.
Weight 36.64 g.

 

Very salty 2nd class cross.

Bronze, gilding, silver, colored glass, enamel.
Size 48.7 x 34.9 mm.

 

Privately commissioned 1st class cross in gold.

 

Interesting 2nd class cross in gold.

Gold, enamel, white paste stones, colored glass.
Size 64,5 х 55 mm.
Weight 26.9 g.

 

Excellent 1st class cross specimen that was once (from 1924 until 2006) in the collection of the American Numismatic Society.

Bronze, gilt, crystal, enamel.
Cross was donated to the collection in October 1924 by Foster Stearns.

Obviously it was made by the same unknown workshop that manufactured this cross (from the collection of Historical Museum in Moscow https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...of-state-historical-museum.23510/#post-348224).

 

Another 1st class cross made by the same workshop.

Bronze, gilding, silver, glass, enamel.
Size 87.9 x75.8 mm.
Weight 85.81 g.

Medallions.

 

Comparison with crosses from ex collection of the American Numismatic Society and collection of the state Historical Museum.

 

2nd class cross.

Bronze, gilt, enamel, paste stones.
Size 42.1 x 40.9 mm.
Weight 16.49 g.

 

2nd class cross.

Gold, glass, strass stones, enamel.
Width 55 mm.
Weight 30.2 g.

 

2nd class cross.

Gold, glass, strass stones, enamel.
Size 55.1×47 mm.
Weight 20.15 g.

 

2nd class cross.

Bronze, gilt, color glass, paste stones.
Size 48 x 46 mm.