Orders of St.George made by Paul Meybauer, Berlin

General thread devoted to Imperial Russian orders manufactured by Paul Meybauer firm https://asiamedals.info/threads/imperial-russian-orders-made-by-paul-meybauer-berlin.26013/

Silver crosses of 1st type iconography.

Typical iconography of crosses made by Meybauer firm.

1st class cross.

Silver, gilt, enamel.
Size 63.8 × 59.3 mm.

 

Breast star.
Gilded base metal.
Size 86 mm.

Collection of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens.

 

Another 1st class cross.
Gilded silver.
Size 60 mm.

Collection of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens.

On display.

 

2nd or 3rd class cross.
Gilded silver.
Size 50 mm.

Ribbon ring marked with "800".

 

3rd class cross (interesting variation of central medallion painting).
Gilded silver.
Size 47.6 mm.

Collection of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens.

 

3rd class cross with classical iconography.

Gilded silver.
Size 54.1 х 48.9 mm.
Weight 27.33 g.

Ribbon ring marked with "800".

Medallions.

 

4th class cross

Gilded silver.
Size 37х41 mm.
Weight 15.53 g.

Same cross under a different light.

 

4th class cross inside German medal bar.

 

Bronze crosses with 2nd type of iconography.

At the present time direct evidence of the belonging of this type of crosses to the Paul Meybauer firm has not been found.

4th class cross.
Bronze, gilding, enamel.

 

Thanks to this 4th class cross from the collection Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens it can practically be guaranteed that bronze crosses were also manufactured by Meybauer firm.
Note that the obverse medallions is very close to the iconography of 1st type.

4th class cross.
Bronze, gilding, enamel.
Size 38 mm.

 

Another 4th class cross inside of the medal bar of unknown German Freikorps veteran.

Cross close-up.

 

Same medal bar under different light and with miniatures.

 

Miniatures.

Miniatures of the Order of St. George

Silver, gilding, enamel. Size 14x17 mm. Weight 1.81 g. Unmarked French-made miniature.

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Saint George Crosses.

These crosses were officially ordered from Militar-Effekten und Orden-Fabrik Paul Meybauer by West Russian Volunteer Army /Западная добровольческая армия, also known as Bermontians was a pro-German military formation in Latvia and Lithuania during the Russian Civil War in 1918–20/ on October 14, 1919.

Silvered base metal.
Size 39.5 mm.
Weight 13.3 g.

Medallions.

 

Well-patinated specimen.

Silvered base metal.
Size 39.5 mm.
Weight 14.49 g.

 

Silvered base metal.
Size 39.5 mm.
Weight 15 g.

 

Specimen from the collection of State Historical Museum, Moscow.

 

 

Cross inside veteran medal bar who was a member of Freikorps "Iron Division" /a volunteer organization consisting of German and Baltic German volunteers/.