Orders of St. Alexander Nevsky made by Nichols&Plinke workshop /NP/

Diamond-cut breast star with crown. Belong to the Field Marshal Iosif Gurko https://asiamedals.info/threads/2nd-class-st-george-order-of-field-marshal-iosif-gurko.23450

Silver, gold, enamel.
Size 83х81 mm.
Weight 47.20 g/58.5 g. (with screw plate).

Marked St. Petersburg assay office silver hallmark "84", "St. Petersburg coat of arms" and maker's mark "NP" for Nichols&Plinke.

 

Same breast star under different light.

 

Order of St. Alexander Nevsky of George Henry Robert Charles William Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry

Classical (ordered and manufactured for Kapitul) Keibel /IK/ piece from 1867. About the cavalier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vane-Tempest,_5th_Marquess_of_Londonderry In 1867 he was sent on a special mission as Envoy Extraordinary to Russia to Emperor Alexander II, to invest the...

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Silver, gold, enamel.
Size 81 mm.
Marked St. Petersburg silver hallmark "84" and maker's mark NP for Nichols&Plinke. Circa early 1880s.

Marks.

Another example of similar breast star from 1870s.

Marks.

 

Silver, gold, enamel.
Size 83.6 mm.
Weight 45.04 g.

Marked St. Petersburg assay office silver hallmark "84", "St. Petersburg coat of arms" and maker's mark "NP" for Nichols&Plinke.

Central medallion.

Marks.

 

Most likely this breast star was commissioned by Nichols&Plinke from Frederick Adolf Golshtenius workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...f-golshtenius-workshop-foh.25627/#post-359393