Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky Breast Star made by Frederick Adolf Golshtenius workshop /F•H/

Privately commissioned breast stars made by St.Petersburg workshop of Frederick Adolf Golshtenius /Фредерик Адольф Хольстениус (Гольштениус)/.
Circa 1840s-1860s.

1st variation.

Silver, gilding, gold, enamel.
Size 82.5 x 82.4 mm.
Weight 52.20 g.

Plate marked with "F•H".

 

Same breast star under a different light.

 

2nd variation.

Silver, gilding, gold, enamel.
Size 82.8 × 82.9 mm.
Weight 50.28 g.

Marked with "F•H", silver hallmark "84" and round mark "St. Petersburg coat of arms".

Central medallion.

Marks.

 

Same breast star under a different light.

Central medallion.

Marks.

 

Breast star from ex collection McNamara.

Silver, gilding, gold, enamel.
Size 81.9 × 82.1 mm.
Weight 50.28 g.

Marked with barely readable maker's mark "FH", silver hallmark "84" and round mark "St. Petersburg coat of arms".

Reverse engraved

"K. ALEXANDER NEFSKY = FEST WÄHREND DER KRÖNUNG KAISER ALEXANDER II IN MOSKAU 1856"

"K. ALEXANDER NEVSKY = CELEBRATION DURING THE CORONATION OF EMPEROR ALEXANDER II N MOSCOW 1856"

"Князь Александр Невский = во время празднования коронации Императора Александра II в Москве в 1856 г."

Marks.

Same breast star under a different light.