Miniatures of the St. George Cross /Military Order Badge of Distinction/

Miniature medal bar with St.George cross and Cross For the Danube Crossing (Russian-Turkish war of 1877-1878).

Silver, bronze, metal.
St.George cross size is 15.75 x 18 mm.
Danube cross is 18.77 x 21.87 mm.
Bar size 35.54 x 19 mm.

 

Order of St. Stanislaus /3rd or 4th class St. George badge of distinction cross / Crossing of the Danube Cross.

 

German-made chain of five miniatures that belong to the Western volunteer of lower rank in the Army of General Bermondt (Prince Avalov).

Silver, bronze, gilding, silvering, paint.
Chain length (without pins) 152 mm.
Weight 17.07 g.

1. St. George's cross .
2. Medal in memory of participation in the battles in Courland.
3. Medal of the Union of Soldiers' Settlers "Kurland".
4. Medal of the Iron Division.
5. Badge "Baltic Cross" of the Western Volunteer Army of General Bermondt (Prince Avalov).

 

Miniature medal bar that belong to Karel Vašátko.
Collection of Military History Institute, Prague.

Karl Ivanovich Vashatko /Карл Иванович Вашатко, Karel Vashatko, Kirill Vashatko, Czech. Karel Vašátko; July 13, 1882 , Litogrady, Austria-Hungary - January 10, 1919 , Chelyabinsk) lieutenant colonel of the White Army. During the First World War, he was awarded the Order of St. George 4th class, the St. George Order with a laurel branch (established in the summer of 1917 for officers "for feats of personal courage and valor"), St. George's crosses I, II, III, IV classes and the St. George medal II, III, IV degrees.​

 

Miniature of St. George Cross made by the Moscow workshop of Ivan Mnekin /Иван Мнекин/ https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-st-george-made-by-moscow-workshop-im-im.26599/

Silver.
Size 16.8 x 16.5 mm.
Weight 1.90 g.

Marked with maker's mark "ИМ/IM" for Moscow workshop of Ivan Mnekin /Иван Мнекин/, Moscow district assay office silver hallmark from 1908+ time period [delta, kokoshnik facing right, 84].

 

St. George's Cross miniature made by St. Petersburg workshop of Alexander Brylov https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...ov-workshop-aleksandr-brylov-marked-a-b.26589

Silver, gilt.
Size 16.2 x 16.4 mm.
Weight 4.51 g.

Marked with maker's mark "A.Б" for Alexander Brylov workshop /Александр Брылов/ and St. Petersburg silver hallmark from 1908+ time period (alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84).

Marks.

 

Chain of miniatures that belong to Vasily Ivanovich Matveev.
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1. Cross of St. George, 2nd degree No. 47403. Gold. Size 20.7x17.3 mm. Engraved on reverse “No. 47403. / 2 / class”.
2. Cross of St. George, 3rd degree No. 71146. Silver. Size 20.7x17.2 mm. Engraved on reverse “No. 71146. / 3 / class”.
3. Cross of St. George, 4th degree No. 45925. Silver. Size 21.2x17.3 mm. Engraved on reverse “No. 45925 / 4 / class”.
4. Military order “For the Great Siberian Campaign”. Harbin. Unknown workshop. Marked “GS” and “K14”. Silver, gold. Size 22.5x31.0 mm.
5. St. George medal, 4th degree No. 434512. Silver. Diameter 18 mm. Engraved on reverse “For/ bravery / No. 434512 / 4 class.”
6. Medal in memory of the 300th anniversary of the reign of the House of Romanov. Silver, gilding. Diameter 18.3 mm. Engraved on reverse"1613–1913."

Total weight 23.12 g.

Matveev Vasily Ivanovich /Матвеев Василий Иванович/ Cossack of the village of Berezovskaya of the Orenburg Cossack army. Participant of the First World War, junior officer of the 5th Orenburg Cossack Ataman Mogutov Regiment. Awarded the Cross of St. George: 2nd class No. 47403 “For the fact that on the night from March 17th to 18th, 1917, in the Kossovka tract, volunteering as a hunter for reconnaissance, he showed outstanding courage and composure, and was seriously wounded”; 3rd class “For outstanding feats of courage and selflessness in battles against the enemy. Awarded on the basis of paragraph 20 of Article 67 of the Statute of St. George" (Who, being the senior in secret, will open the enemy’s attack and report it in a timely manner and, despite the great danger, will continue to observe and thereby contribute to success).​

 

Silver.
Size 14.6 x 14.8 mm.
Weight 2.62 g.

Marked with unidentified maker's mark "НТ/NT" and St. Petersburg assay office silver hallmark of "shovel" type [alpha, female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 84]. See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/miniatures-of-the-order-of-st-vladimir.22831/page-2#post-364433

 

Miniature St. George's Cross with a rosette from the combined ribbon of the Orders of St. Andrew the First-Called and St. George.

Silver.
Size 15.0 x 14.8 mm.
Weight 2.22 g.

Unmarked.