French-made Orders of Saint George

Unknown manufacturer.

1st "loop" variation.

4th class cross.
Silver, gilding, enamel.

Marked with French boar's head silver hallmark indicating .800 or greater fineness.

 

2nd "ball" variation.

Central medallions (note that reverse medallion has different iconography).

Obverse central medallions of two variations.

Reverse medallions.

Another cross of 2nd "ball" variation. Obverse medallion was damaged.

 

Lemaitre & Fils, Paris.

Orders of St.George made by Lemaitre & Fils, Paris

4th class cross. Silver, gilding, enamel. Ring marked with "L& - grenade F" for Lemaitre & Fils. Founded in Paris in 1843, G. Lemaitre was one of the largest firm in France until the First World War. This firm was one of the purveyors of Napoleon III during the Second Empire and its...

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Chobillion, Paris.

1st variation.

Orders of St.George made by Chobillion, Paris

4th class cross. Silver, gilding, enamel. Size 42.2 x 37.6 mm. Marked with French silver hallmark for .800 silver and AxC /A = Adrien X = two crossed billard's cues (deux queues de billard enlacées) C = Chobillon/ for Adrien Chobillon. Established by J. Chobillion in 1840, this firm only...

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2nd variation.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 41.4×36.8 mm.
Weight 20.35 g.

Marked with boar's head for 800 silver.

and with AxC for A. Chobillon.

 

M. Delande, Paris.

Orders of St.George made by M. Delande, Paris

French-made Saint George orders (index thread) https://asiamedals.info/threads/french-made-orders-of-saint-george.25689/ For many years these crosses were attributed to the Paris workshop of Arthus Bertrand. Thanks to the 1934 Delande workshop catalogue "Les Ordres Français - Les Ordres...

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Unknown manufacturer.

4th class cross.
Silver, gilding, enamel.

 

Unknown manufacturer.

4th class cross.
Silver, gilding, enamel.

Marked with French boar's head silver hallmark indicating .800 or greater fineness.

Another example of 4th class from this manufacturer.

Silver, gilding.
Size 39.56x44.9 mm.
Weight 24.3 g.
Thickness 8 mm.

 

Unknown manufacturer.

1st variation.

4th class cross.
Silver, gilding, enamel.
Size 46х41 mm.
Weight 19.92 g.

Marked with French boar's head silver hallmark indicating .800 or greater fineness.

2nd variation.

Obverse medallion has different guilloché.

Another example of 2nd variation cross from the collection of Sverdlovsk Regional Ethnography Museum.
Silver, gilt ,enamel.
Size 34 mm.

 

3rd variation from the same unknown French manufacturer.

4th class cross.
Silver, gilding, enamel.
Size 47х40 mm.
Weight 19 g.

 

Unknown manufacturer.

French-made order of Saint George of a quite peculiar iconography that once belonged to the Lieutenant E. A. Small https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...dentified-french-workshops.27952/#post-365324

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 34 mm.

See also miniatures of Saint George order of a similar iconography https://asiamedals.info/threads/miniatures-of-the-order-of-st-george.22835/page-2#post-361290 ; https://asiamedals.info/threads/miniatures-of-the-order-of-st-george.22835/page-2#post-360822 .