Order of St. Andrew (and other awards) of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge

Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (26 March 1819 – 17 March 1904) was a member of the British royal family, a male-line grandson of George III and cousin of Queen Victoria. The Duke was an army officer by profession and served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (military head of the British Army) from 1856 to 1895. He became Duke of Cambridge in 1850 and field marshal in 1862. Deeply devoted to the old Army, he worked with Queen Victoria to defeat or minimise every reform proposal, such as setting up a general staff. His Army became a moribund and stagnant institution. Its weaknesses were dramatically revealed by the poor organisation at the start of the Second Boer War.​

According to the The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct, or Dormant, Vol.1, 1910.

he was awarded with St.Andrew order on May 15, 1874.

On the very same day he received set of four junior Russian orders https://asiamedals.info/threads/ful...-the-cavalier-of-order-of-saint-andrew.23600/

Exemplary sets of five Imperial Russian orders made by offical Kapitul supplier Julius Keibel. All marked IK.

Gold, enamel.
Marked IK.
Height 85.5 mm, width 62.2 mm.

Exemplary badge.

Breast star.
Marked "Keibel".
Size 87.8 mm.

Central medallion.

See also two privately commissioned by Duke’s father Godet-made breasts stars https://asiamedals.info/threads/bre...-for-prince-adolphus-duke-of-cambridge.23732/

 

Chain of St.Andrew order.
Gold, enamel.
Length 1000 mm.
Weight 246 g.

 

His White Eagle order.

Breast star.

Sash.

 

St.Alexander Nevsky order.
Gold, enamel.
Size 61.2mm (including suspension loop) x 54.8mm.

Breast star.

 

1st class St.Anna order.

Gold, enamel.
Size 50 mm.

Breast star.

Sash.

 

1st class St.Staniuslaus order.

Breast star.

Sash.

 

Grand Cross of the Order of Golden Lion, Nassau made by C.M. Weishaupt Söhne, Wiesbaden.

Gold, enamel.
Width 71.5 mm.

Breast star.

Silver, gold, enamel.
Width 76.8 mm.

Sash.

 

Prussian order of Black Eagle awarded to Duke in 1852.

Orders of Black Eagle of Dukes of Cambridge

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/order-of-st-andrew-and-other-awards-of-prince-george-duke-of-cambridge.23731/ Gold, enamel. Width 72.7 mm. Eagles were re-blackened. Awarded in 1852. Queen Victoria, when writing to Prince George from Balmoral on 22 September 1852 regarding the death...

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Gold, enamel.
Size 72.7 mm.

 

Order of the Zähringer Lion, Baden.
Grand Cross badge, circa 1860.
Gold, enamel.
Size 57.3 mm

 

Italian Military Order of Savoy. Award numbered 34 was issued to George, Duke of Cambridge on 14 November 1895 with a citation recognising his military achievements and valour whilst in command of British Forces in the Crimea. According to the Duke’s diary he actually received it on 6th November from the Italian Ambassador and described it as "very amiably sent to me by the King of Italy on my withdrawing from office [as Commander-in-Chief of the Army] which I take as a great compliment...", a view shared by Queen Victoria in sanctioning the Duke’s acceptance of the Order.

Grand Cross set made by D. Cravanzola (Succi. Flli. Borani), Rome.

Gold, enamel.
Cross width 64.2mm.

Sash.

Breast star.
Silver, enamel.
Size 87.8mm

 

Saxe-Ernestine House Order /Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden/ Grand Cross Military Division.

Gold, enamel.
Width 71.5 mm.

Breast star.
Silver, gold, enamel.
Width 76 mm.

 

Superb officially issued Grand Cross set of Ludwig Order /Großherzoglich Hessischer Ludwigsorden/ made by Schnitzpahn in Darmstadt.

Gold, enamel.
Width 66.5 mm.

Breast star.
Silver, gold, enamel.
Width 79 mm.

 

Hessen House Order of the Golden Lion.

Breast star of Duke’s father Prince Adolphus.
Size 85 mm.

Printed label "DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE'S, FROM GLOUCESTER HOUSE".

Sash badge.

Gold.
Width 40.8 mm.

Breast star.

Silver, gold, enamel.
Width 82.9 mm.

Engraved with interlocked crowned GG monogram and No. 4.

 

1st class cross of Prussian order of Red Eagle.

Gold, enamel.
Size 63 mm.
Cross engraved with "W" for Wagner, Berlin.

 

Baden House Order of Fidelity /Hausorden der Treue/ grand cross full set made by Ludwig Raupp in Karlsruhe.

Gold, enamel.
Width 55.5 mm.

Breast star.

Silver, gold, enamel.
Width 83 mm.

Sash.

 

Grand Cross of Brunswick House Order of Henry the Lion /Heinrichs des Löwen/ made by Friedrich Wilhelm Streuber.

Gold, enamel.
Width 61 mm.

Breast star.

Silver, gold, enamel.
Width 82.7 mm.

Sash.

 

Grand cross of Portuguese military order of the Tower and of the Sword, of Valour, Loyalty and Merit /Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada do Valor, Lealdade e Mérito/.

Gold, silver, enamel.
Collar length 840 mm.
Collar badge width 61.5 mm.

Breast star.
Silver, gilt, enamel.
Width 68.2 mm.

Sash badge.
Width 61.5 mm.

Miniature.

 

Grand cross of the Brazilian National Order of the Southern Cross /Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul/.

Gold, enamel.
Width 60.5 mm.

Gold, silver, enamel.
Width 60 mm.

 

Grand cross of the order of the Netherlands Lion.

Gold, enamel.
Width 63.5 mm.

Breast star.
Silver, gilt, enamel.
Width 80 mm.

 

Grand cross of the Greece order of the Redeemer (a.k.a. Order of the Saviour/Τάγμα του Σωτήρος) made by Lemaitre, Paris https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...s-tagma-toy-sotiros-kataskeyi-lemaitre.27812/

Gold, enamel.
Width 71.5 mm.

Breast star.

Silver, gold, enamel.
Width 83.4 mm.

Lemaitre, rue Coquillère No, 40, Paris.

Miniature.

Silver, gold, enamel.
Width 29.1 mm.