Orders of St.George with "Pink" Medallions from Last Quarter of the 19th Century

It is often believed (and said) that so-called "pink" medallions were used on the orders of St. George only until 1850s. This is not entirely true. Although model specimens of St.George orders that were made by official supplier of the Capitula Julius Keibel in 1870 already have "red" medallions https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-saint-george-made-by-julius-keibel-workshop-ik.25640/ crosses with "pink" medallions were still in use and even issued by Imperial Capitul /Kapitul; Capitulum/. The latest time coordinate for such cross known for today is 1869 https://asiamedals.info/threads/1st-and-4th-class-st-george-orders-of-emperor-wilhelm-i.25641/​

Here we have a very interesting (and beautiful) privately commissioned cross of 4th class in gold from approximately 1870s.
Private collection. Photos courtesy of the owner.
Gold, enamel.
Size 37 mm.

Marked with St. Peterburg assay office mark for gold "56" and IK (?). If it is indeed IK than this cross was privately commissioned from the Julius Keibel workshop.

Beautifully executed medallion.

Under different light.

So-called "bulbous" type of cross.

 

Another interesting cross of 1st/2nd class with "pink" medallion and precise year of manufacture.
From the collection of Hermitage museum.

Gold, enamel.
Size 48 х 73 mm (including ribbon loop).
Marked with St.Petersburg assay office year mark "1870" and "56".

Medallions.

 

Most likely both crosses came from the very same workshop ... Julius Keibel workshop.

Comparison with 1870 model specimen made by the same Julius Keibel.

 

4th class cross from the same vintage.

Gold, enamel.
Size 36 х 40 mm.
Marks unreadable.

 

Very close (practically identical in case of reverse medallions) iconography.
Julius Keibel iconography.

 

4th class cross of Saint George order from 1896 https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-st-george-made-by-dmitriy-osipov-workshop-do.23672/

 

4th class Order of Saint George of Prussian General Friedrich Julius Wilhelm Graf von Bose

4th class cross was awarded on December 27, 1870 for the Franco-Prussian War. Collection of Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin. 1st medal bar (note pink color of the medallion...

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4th Class Saint George orders of French General Louis Dieudonné Gaillard

4th Class of the Order of Saint George awarded to Colonel Gaillard on October 30, 1878 by Tsar Alexander II. Classical officially issued 'kapitul" cross made by Julius Keibel workshop /IK/ https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-saint-george-made-by-julius-keibel-workshop-ik.25640/ Gold...

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4th class Saint George order of General Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev

Gold, enamel. Size 40.5 x 44.5 mm. Weight 10.23 g. Collection of State Historical Museum, Moscow. Cross was part of the collection of Pyotr Ivanovich Shchukin. In 1905 Shchukin donated his rich collection to the Historical Museum. Ribbon.

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