Orders of Saint George made by Nichols & Plinke workshop

1st/2nd class circa 1870s.

Gold, enamel.
Size 55 mm.

Marked with a St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark "anchors+56" and maker's mark "NP" for Nichols & Plinke.

Specimen from the collection of Moscow Kremlin Museums.

Central medallion.

 

2nd class breast star of Field Marshal Iosif Gurko https://asiamedals.info/threads/2nd-class-st-george-order-of-field-marshal-iosif-gurko.23450/

 

Alexander II's 1st class breast star https://asiamedals.info/threads/ale...der-breast-star-made-by-nichols-plinke.25829/

 

4th class cross circa early 1850s

Gold, enamel.
Size 38.1 mm.
Weight 13.1 g.

Marked with a partly readable "N&P" for Nichols & Plinke workshop and unreadable St. Petersburg assay office year mark.

Central medallions.

Marks.

 

1st/2nd class cross from the collection of Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corp in St. Petersburg. Ex Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia collection (most likely one of his own crosses).

Gold, enamel.
Unmarked.

Under a different light.