Early Orders of St. Anna made by Eduard /ИЛ/ of 2nd Variation

ИЛ-marked 2nd class crosses with a "standard" decal iconography https://asiamedals.info/threads/2nd-class-orders-of-saint-anna-made-in-gold-by-eduard-il.26767/.

Gold, enamel.
Size 48.35 x 43.46 mm.
Weight 15.4 g.

Marked with a maker's mark "ИЛ" for Eduard workshop (personal mark of workshop jeweler Johann Gustavovich Linstead/Иоганн Густавович Линстед active until 1910), "Eduard" mark is missing, St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark [56, kokoshnik facing left, AR /AР/ for the Alexander Romanov /Александр Васильевич Романов/ assay district manager] is only partly readable.

Marks.

Note the incorrect "ИЛ" mark /N instead of И/. Another example of such mark https://asiamedals.info/threads/4th-class-orders-of-st-vladimir-made-by-eduard-il.28036/#post-370280.

 

ИЛ-marked 3rd class crosses with a "standard" decal iconography https://asiamedals.info/threads/3rd-class-orders-of-saint-anna-made-in-gold-by-eduard-il.27673/.

Gold, enamel.
Size 35 mm.

Marked with a maker's mark "ИЛ" for Eduard workshop (personal mark of workshop jeweler Johann Gustavovich Linstead/Иоганн Густавович Линстед active until 1910), "Eduard" mark is practically unreadable, St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark [56, kokoshnik facing left, AR /AР/ for the Alexander Romanov /Александр Васильевич Романов/ assay district manager] is only partly readable. Ring also marked with a French import gold hallmark "coquille" (shell with alpha = Paris) for 585 gold that was introduced in 1994.

 

Saint Anna orders with swords made by Eduard /and marked ИЛ/ around 1904-1906 and issued for the Russo-Japanese War that have early iconography of 2nd type.

Orders of Saint Anna with Swords made in gold by Eduard /ИЛ/

3rd class cross with swords and bow awarded in 1907. Gold, enamel. Size 38 x 34 mm. Marked with St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark [56, kokoshnik facing left, AR /AР/ for the Alexander Romanov /Александр Васильевич Романов/ assay district manager] from 1904-1908 time period and partly...

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