4th class St. George orders made in gold by Eduard workshop

Before 1910 Eduard-made Saint George orders were marked with ИЛ /IL/ - personal mark of workshop jeweler Johann Gustavovich Linstead/Иоганн Густавович Линстед that was active until 1910.
After 1910 Eduard-made Saint George orders were marked with ВД /VD/ - personal mark of workshop jeweler Vladimir Yakovlevich Dinakov/Владимир Яковлевич Динаков.

There is no clear time border between "early" and "late" iconography since these two were co-existed for some (or even all) time.
The earliest known time coordinated for awarded cross with a "late" iconography - December 1914.
The latest known time coordinate for awarded cross with an "early" iconography - 1917.

"Early" iconography of the Eduard orders in gold (representative, but not exhaustive sampling).

"Late" iconography of the Eduard orders in gold (representative, but not exhaustive sampling).

Orders with early iconography (a.k.a. "rays guilloche").

Gold, enamel.
Size 38.7×35 mm.
Weight 7.89 g.

Marked with a St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark of "shovel" type from 1908+ time period. Some enamel restorations.

 

Gold, enamel.
Size 40×35 mm.
Weight 7.82 g.

Marked St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark from 1908+ time period and maker's mark ВД /VD/.

 

Gold, enamel.
Size 39×35 mm.
Weight 7.75 g.

Maker's mark unreadable. Reverse medallion is hand-painted.

 

Gold, enamel.
Size 3.55 mm.
Weight 8 g.

Marked St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark from 1908+ time period and maker's mark ВД /VD/.

 

Interesting specimen of bulbous form and has 3rd class medallions instead of 4th class medallions.
Most likely it wasn't made for Kapitul but was privately commissioned. Overall higher quality than usual Kapitul ordered cross.

Gold, enamel.
Size 43.3×38.5 mm.
Weight 10.79 g.

Marked St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark from 1908+ time period; maker's mark unreadable.

Another Eduard cross with practically identical painting of central medallion.

 

Gold, enamel.
Size 38×35 mm.
Weight 8 g.

Medallions.

Only gold hallmark is partly readable.

 

Gold, enamel.

 

Gold, enamel.
Size 39×35.5 mm.

Marked with ВД /VD/ and St. Petersburg assay office gold mark for period 1908+ time period.

 

Gold, enamel.

 

Gold, enamel.

 

Gold, enamel.

Gold hallmark of "shovel" form.

 

Similar form of the "ear" https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...ld-made-by-eduard-workshop.22816/#post-347692

Both medallions are hand-painted.

 

Gold, enamel.

Another example of hand-painted medallions.

 

Gold, enamel.

Mark ВД /VD/.

 

 

4th class of Albert I king of the Belgians from 23 December 1909 until his death in 1934.
Albert I was awarded with this cross on September 5, 1914.
Currently in the collection of Musée Royal de l'Armée, Bruxelles https://asiamedals.info/threads/4th...awarded-in-1914-to-albert-i-of-belgium.26844/

Medallion.

Original case.

 

4th class awarded to Commander Francis Goodhart on October 28, 1915 by Nicholas II for his role in sinking the armoured cruiser Prinz Adalbert while in command of submarine E8 on 23 October, 1915.

Cavalier.

 

4th class awarded to Commander Francis Goodhart on November 15, 1915 by Nicholas II for his role in damaging the German armoured cruiser SMS Prinz Adalbert while in command of submarine E9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Horton

Cavalier.

 

4th class cross from the Hermitage collection.

Gold, enamel.
Size 50 (with ribbon loop) × 35 mm.

Medallions.

 

4th class awarded to Alexander Nikolaievich Prokofiev de Seversky in 1917 https://asiamedals.info/threads/4th...and-other-awards-of-alexander-seversky.23505/ from the collection of Smithsonian Institution.