Orders of Lion and Sun made by Russian PV /ПВ/ workshop

This Russian manufacturer of Order of the Lion and Sun was active from 1899 until 1910s.

See also orders of Saint Stanislaus made by St. Petersburg workshop PV /ПВ/ https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...s-made-by-st-petersburg-workshop-pv-pv.28234/

Typical iconography of the central medallions of ПВ-marked badges and breast stars.

1st class breast star.
Silver, gold (medallion ring), enamel, strass stones.
Size 89 x 89 mm.
Weight 63.6 g.

Marks.

Marked with PV /ПВ/ (as for today the actual owner of this mark remains unknown) and with St.Petersburg assay office mark for 84th silver from 1904-1908 time period (AR /AР/ for the Alexander Romanov /Александр Васильевич Романов/, Assay District Manager).​

 

Same breast star together with the 1st class badge from ПВ.

 

1st class badge with the central medallion of military division of the order /standing lion with a saber/. Could be a later replacement.

Silver, gold, enamel, strass stones.
Size 105 x 71 mm.
Weight 40.1 g.

Marks.

 

1st class badge from 1908+ time period.

Cracked central medallion.

Marks.

 

1st class badge from 1908+ time period with slightly different iconography. Original suspension was lost. Replacement was taken from a Persian-made order.

Silver, gold, enamel, strass stones.
Size 110 x 70 mm.
Weight 40.45 g.

 

3rd class from 1908+ time period.

 

Another 3rd class badge that lost his original back plate.

Badge.

 

4th class badge from 1908+ time period.

 

Another example of 4th class badge.

Marks.

 

Badge with unusual iconography.

 

Silver, gold, gilding, glass, enamel.
Size 61×64 mm.
Weight 35.93 g.

Marked with PV /ПВ/ and St. Petersburg assay office mark for 84th silver from 1904-1908 time period (AR /AР/ for the assay district manager Alexander Romanov /Александр Васильевич Романов/).

 

4th class badge made by ПВ workshop.

 

1st class badge from the collection of Hermitage.

 

Marks.

 

4th class badge.

Silver, gold (medallion ring), enamel, strass stones.
Size 55 x 82 mm.
Weight 21 g.

 

4th class badge.

Silver, gold (medallion ring), enamel, strass stones.
Size 52.7 mm.
Weight 20.3 g.

 

Specimen that lost its medallion.

Silver, gilding, glass, enamel.
Size 70×55 mm.

 

Note "customized" suspension.

Marks.