Orders of Saint George made by Nichols & Plinke workshop

1st/2nd class in gold.
Size 55 mm.
Circa 1870s/1880s.

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.

Gold, enamel.
Size 38.1 mm.
Weight 13.1 g.
Circa 1850s.

Marked with partly readable "N&P" for Nichols & Plinke workshop and unreadable St.Petersburg 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-collection of Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (most likely one of his own crosses).

Gold, enamel.
Unmarked.

Under different light.