Orders of Saint Anna made by an Unidentified French workshops

3rd class cross.

Silver, gilt enamel.
Size 43x38 mm.
Unmarked.

 

Diamond-cut French-made breast star.

Silver, gold, gilt, enamel.
Size 85 mm.

 

1st cross with red glass incrustations. Obverse medallion has features that are typical for French-made Saint Anna orders.

Bronze, gold, gilt, enamel.
Size 63 mm.

Unmarked.

 

3rd class cross with swords.

Gilded metal, enamel.
Size 44.4 x 38.7 mm.

Unmarked.

 

French-made 1st class cross with unusual (for a French-made cross) guilloché.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 56 x 50 mm.
Weight 42 g.

Marked with boar's head for 800 silver.

 

3rd class cross with swords.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 35 mm.

Marked with French silver hallmark "boar's head" for 800 silver.

 

3rd class cross.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 37 mm.

Marked with French silver hallmark "boar's head" for 800 silver.

 

1st class cross of a very interesting work.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 65 x 53 mm.
Unmarked.

 

3rd class cross with swords that belonged to Captain H. P. Waterhouse, Royal Engineers /he was awarded with the Order of St. Anne for operations in Archangel in 1919: "Government of the Northern Region has awarded you for gallant conduct in action against the enemies of Russia, June 18, 1919"; "Order of St. Anne 3rd Class with swords for gallant conduct in action against the enemies of Russia" (London Gazette 16 July 1921)/.​

Silver, gilt, enamel.

Marked with a French silver hallmark "boar's head".

Hubert Preston Waterhouse was born in January 1885 and was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Wolverhampton. Enlisting in the Worcestershire Regiment (T.F.) in September 1914, he transferred to the London Electrical Engineers in January 1915 and was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the latter unit in September 1916. Waterhouse was appointed an Acting Captain in June 1918 and went on to witness active service in North Russia in the following year. He relinquished his commission in September 1921 but was allowed to retain the rank of Captain.

British War Medal, British Victory Medals /M.I.D. oak leaf/, 3rd class order of St. Anne.