Orders of Lion and Sun made by Russian St. Petersburg workshop VV /ВВ/ workshop

2nd class breast star from 1899-1904 time period.

Silver, gold (medallion ring), enamel, strass stones.
Size 81.85 x 81.25 mm.
Weight 58.4 g.

Marked with maker's mark "ВВ" /unidentified manufacturer/ and round St. Petersburg assay office silver mark [kokoshnik facing left, with ЯЛ /YaL/ for inspector Яков Ляпунов /Yakov Lyapunov/].

Marks.

 

2nd class breast star from 1899-1904 time period with different iconography of obverse medallion (some of the orders of Lion and Sun made by Dmitriy Osipov workshop also have this iconography https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...y-russian-workshop-of-dmitri-osipov-do.27987/).

Silver, gold (medallion ring), enamel, strass stones.
Size 80 mm.

Marked with maker's mark "ВВ" /unidentified manufacturer/ and round St. Petersburg assay office silver mark [kokoshnik facing left, with ЯЛ /YaL/ for inspector Яков Ляпунов /Yakov Lyapunov/].

Marks.

 

2nd class breast star from 1899-1904 time period with pin fastening.

Silver, gold, enamel, strass stones.
Size 80 mm.

Marked with maker's mark "ВВ" /unidentified manufacturer/, round St. Petersburg assay office silver mark [kokoshnik facing left, with ЯЛ /YaL/ for inspector Яков Ляпунов /Yakov Lyapunov/], St. Petersburg assay office silver hallmark [84, kokoshnik facing left with the initials of the assay inspector of the St. Petersburg assay office "ЯЛ/YL"] and French import silver hallmark "swan".​

Marks.

Pin marks.

French hallmark for imported silver "swan".