Orders of Saint Anna made by an Unidentified French workshops

3rd class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Size 43 x 38 mm.
Weight 20.5 g.

Ring marked with a French import gold hallmark "owl" /introduced in 1893 and stamped on imported gold jewellery, it is also since 1902 a so-called chance hallmark, stamped on any foreign gold object or one without a legible French maker’s mark brought to the assay office by second-hand jewellery dealers/.

Same cross under a different light.

Mark.

 

3rd class cross with swords.

Gilded metal, enamel.
Size 44.4 x 38.7 mm.

Unmarked.

 

1st class cross in gold.

Silver, gilding, enamel.
Size 51.5 mm.
Weight 27 g.

Marked with two French "eagles head" gold hallmarks for 750th gold /Paris, 1847-1994/.

Marks.

 

1st class cross with swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size 53 mm.

Marked with two French gold hallmarks "eagle's head".

 

1st class cross with swords practically identical to the previous specimen.

Gold, enamel.
Size 57 x 51.4 mm.
Weight 30.4 g.

Marked with two French gold hallmarks "eagle's head".

 

French-made 1st class cross with an 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.

 

1st class cross of a similar workmanship but this time in gold.

Gold, enamel.
Size 50.5 mm.

Marked with a French gold hallmark "eagle's head" and unreadable maker's marks.

 

3rd class cross with swords.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 35 mm.

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

 

3rd class cross.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 37 mm.

Marked with a 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" /iconography of the cross is very close to Chobillion https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-saint-anna-made-by-chobillion-paris.27851 but swords and guilloché are different/.

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.

 

3rd class cross of Saint Anna order with swords made in bronze.

Bronze, gilt, enamel.

 

1st class Saint Anna that was privately-comissioned by Major-General Sir Frederick Adam https://asiamedals.info/threads/maj...dam-awards-and-decorations.28828/#post-367179 after 1828 /permission to accept and wear 1st class order of Saint Anne, "which the late Emperor of Russia (was) pleased to confer upon him, "in testimony of… his services before the enemy in The Netherlands, in the year 1815." was granted by the King to Lord High Commissioner to The United States of the Ionian Islands Major-General Sir Frederick Adam on September 15, 1828/.​

Gold, enamel.
Size 60 mm.

Unmarked. Reverse medallion is missing.

 

3rd class cross with swords.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 39 mm.
Weight 24.11 g.

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

 

1st/2nd class cross of a very interesting workmanship.

Gold, enamel.
Unmarked.

 

Interesting 1st class Saint Anna order in bronze.

Bronze, gilt, enamel.
Size 51.5 mm.
Weight 53.5 g.

Unmarked.

Central medallions.

 

Same cross only this time inside the put-together "set".

Rothe-made replica of the St. Anna order breast star https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-saint-anna-made-by-rothe-wien.25857/

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 83.5 mm.

 

3rd class cross of a very interesting workmanship. Note additionally engraved edge and plump Anna.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 41 mm.
Weight 22.49 g.

Marked with a French silver hallmark "boar's head" and barely readable maker's mark "...Xc" (?). Could be a Chobillion-made cross https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-saint-anna-made-by-chobillion-paris.27851/

Marks.

 

3rd class cross of a similar workmanship.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 41 mm.

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

Obvious differences in iconography.

 

2nd class cross with swords.

Silver, gilt, enamel.