Early Orders of St.Anna (so-called "Holstein" or "Pavel" type) from the collection of State Historical Museum

All crosses below belong to the 1797-1829 time period.

1st class badges have approximate width somewhere between 58-72 mm.
2nd class badges have approximate width somewhere between 40-50 mm.

Such considerable range of sizes was a consequences of the absence of clearly defined sizes of 1st and 2nd class badges of the order in original statute of 1797.
This situation was exacerbated by the 1815 Emperor Alexander I Decree "On reducing the size of Russian imperial orders/Об уменьшении размеров российских императорских орденов".

Unique custom-made cross.

Gold, enamel, glass, stamping.
Size 84x80 mm.
Weight 32.79 g.

Under different light.

 

Another cross with additional custom "embellishment".

Silver, enamel, glass.
Size 81x80 mm.
Weight 105 g.

Under different light.

 

Non-precious metal, enamel, glass
Size 62x82 mm.

 

Silver, gilding, glass, enamel.
Size 72x78 mm.

See another cross made by the same unknown manufacturer https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...e-from-private-collections.23605/#post-356693

Iconography.

Cross under a different light.

 

Non-precious metal, enamel, glass.
Size 60x74 mm.

Under different light.

 

Non-precious metal, enamel, glass.
Size 46x55 mm.

 

Badge is very close by iconography to the previous one. Only slightly smaller size.
Non-precious metal, enamel, glass.
Size 41х51 mm.

Comparison.

 

Third badge with the very same iconography and the largest among them.

Non-precious metal, enamel, glass
Size 60х67 mm.

Even closer painting of central medallion to the previous badge.

First badge has a size 46x55 mm https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...of-state-historical-museum.23510/#post-348226
Size of the second badge 41х51 mm https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...of-state-historical-museum.23510/#post-348227
Third one is the largest 60х67 mm.
Looks like two 2nd classes and one 1st class orders.
Another 1st class badge (with the similar iconography) from the museum collection (awarded in 1808 to General Ivan Sazonov) could be found here https://asiamedals.info/threads/1st...808-to-lieutenant-general-ivan-sazonov.23676/

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...e-from-private-collections.23605/#post-348756

 

Gold, silver, glass, enamel, rhinestones.
Size 80х69 mm.
Weight 54.1 g.

Iconography.

Made for (and issued by) Kapitul in [1]80?
Almost certainly cross was made by Afanasy Panov workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...holstein-type-made-by-afanasy-panov-aop.25789 who became official Kapitul supplier in 1802.

 

Beautifully made 2nd class badge.

Gold, silver, enamel, glass.
Size 48x44 mm
Weight 19.5 g.

Under different light.

 

Another 2nd class of so-called "reduced size".

Gold, silver, almandines, enamelю
Size 47x42 mm

Most likely made by the same workshop as that manufactured cross from Ex-Sandars collection https://asiamedals.info/threads/ear...e-from-private-collections.23605/#post-348757

 

Non-precious metal, enamel, glass.
Size unknown.

 

Central medallion is lost.
Non-precious metal, glass.
Size 59x61 mm.

 

Before 1956 this interesting 1st class cross was in the collection of State Historical Museum. Currently it is in the collection of Hermitage.

Bronze, gilt, enamel, glass.
Size 108 x 89 mm /without ring 92 x 87 mm/.