Order of St. Andrew with Diamonds for Non-Christians awarded to Naser al-Din Shah Qajar in 1863

Collection of the Treasury of National Jewels, Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran. See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...reasury-of-topkapi-palace-in-istanbult.23500/.

Silver, gold, diamonds, enamel.

 

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar while wearing the very same cross.

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (Persian: ناصرالدین‌شاه قاجار, romanized: Nāser-ad-Dīn Ŝāh-e Qājār; 17 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated.​

Vintage engraving of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, 1870.