Orders of Saint George made by Julius Keibel workshop /IK/

1st/2nd class, 3rd class and 4th class crosses made by Julius Keibel in 1870 as a model specimen for Imperial Capitul /Capitula; Kapitul/.
Currently in the collection of the Moscow Kremlin Museums.

1st/2nd class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Size 48 х 73 mm.

Marked with a gold hallmark "56" and St. Petersburg assay office year mark "1870".

On display.

 

3rd class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Width 45 mm.

Marked with a gold hallmark "56" and St. Petersburg assay office year mark "1870".

Marks.

 

4th class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Width 33 mm.

Marked with a gold hallmark "56+anchors" and St. Petersburg assay office year mark "1870".

 

Comparative iconography.

 

4th class cross from the collection Central Naval Museum in St. Petersburg.

Gold, enamel.
Size 34 х 38 mm.

Museum attributes this cross to Captain Rudnev Vsevolod Fedorovich - commander of famous battleship Varyag. He was awarded with 4th class St.George order on February 23, 1904. Naturally he should received standard "Kapitul" 4th class cross made by Albert Keibel workshop. How Rudnev ended up with this cross (if it is indeed his cross) is a mystery.

On display.

Iconography of this cross is typical for IK-made crosses from 1870s/early 1880s.

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Another 4th class cross from the collection Central Naval Museum in St. Petersburg.
This cross has even stranger attribution than the previous one. Allegedly this cross belonged to none other than Admiral Nakhimov.
But this is impossible since the admiral received his 4th class cross back in 1827 (and died in 1855). At that time this type of cross didn't even exist.

Practically identical (let us recall that medallion on the left belongs to 1870).

 

4th class cross https://asiamedals.info/threads/4th...rench-general-louis-dieudonne-gaillard.27242/

Gold, enamel.
Size 33.8 mm.

Marked with a St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark "56+anchors".

 

3rd class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Size 50.5×45.6 mm.
Weight 13.44 g.

Marked with a St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark "56 +anchors".

Central medallions.