Orders of St. Alexander Nevsky made by Johann Wilhelm Keibel /WK/

Rare privately commissioned diamond cut badge (for a diamond-cut cross made by IK see https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...y-made-by-julius-keibel-ik.25741/#post-358050).

Gold, silver, enamel.
Size 54 × 83 mm.
Weight 47.20 g.

Marked on reverse under the enamel with "double-headed eagle" and "WK", loop marked with a gold hallmark "56" and St. Petersburg assay office year mark "1862".

Collection of State Historical Museum, Moscow.

Painting of medallions.

 

Under a different light.

 

Сross made in 1858.

Gold, enamel.

Marked on reverse under the enamel with "double-headed eagle" and "WK", loop marked with a gold hallmark "56" and St. Petersburg assay office year mark "1858".

Marks.

 

Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky of Otto von Bismarck

Index thread https://asiamedals.info/threads/order-of-saint-andrew-the-first-called-with-diamonds-of-otto-von-bismarck.25629 Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg was awarded with Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky on March 13, 1862. Gold, enamel...

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Сross that was issued to Bismarck in 1862.

Variation of iconography.

 

Gold, enamel.
Cross width 54 mm.
Weight 30 g.

Marked on reverse under the enamel with "double-headed eagle" and "WK", loop marked with a gold hallmark "56" and St. Petersburg assay office year mark "1860".

Cross was awarded in 1861 to General Hector de Gerbaix de Sonnaz.

 

Full set.

Gold, enamel.
Size 59.4 x 53.8 mm.
Weight 40.2 g

Marked on reverse under the enamel with "double-headed eagle" and maker's mark "WK", loop marked with a Petersburg assay office year gold hallmark "56+anchors".

Sash.

Breast star.
Silver, gilding, enamel.
Size 87 mm.

Marked with silver hallmark "84", "Keibel", "Imperial Eagle" and St. Petersburg assay office round mark "St.Petersburg coats of arms".

 

Gold, enamel.
Size 60 x 54 mm.
Weight 40.2 g

Marked on reverse under the enamel with "double-headed eagle" and "WK", loop marked with hallmark "72" and St. Petersburg assay office year mark "1856".

Very close by iconography to the previous cross.

 

Gold, enamel.
Size 60 x 54 mm.
Weight 40.2 g

Marked on reverse under the enamel with "double-headed eagle" and "WK", loop marked with a gold hallmark "56" and St. Petersburg assay office year mark "1863".

 

Gold, enamel.
Size 60 x 54 mm.
Weight 40.2 g

Marked on reverse under the enamel with "double-headed eagle" and maker's mark "WK", loop marked with a gold hallmark "56" and St. Petersburg assay office year mark "1860".

Collection of National Museum of Finland.

Central medallions.

Marks.

 

Quite rare early breast star.

Silver, gilding, enamel.
Size 87.8 mm.

Marked with silver hallmark "84", "Keibel", "Imperial Eagle" and St. Petersburg assay office round mark "St.Petersburg coats of arms".

Medallion.

Marks.