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

It is often wrongly believed (and said) that so-called "pink" medallions were used on the orders of St. George only until 1850s. This is not true. Although model specimens of St.George orders that were made by official supplier of the Imperial Kapitul /Kapitul; Capitulum/ 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 from the Imperial Kapitul. 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/​

Saint George orders made by Ivan Osipov workshop during 1870s/early 1880s.

Orders of St.George made by Ivan Vasilievich Osipov /И.О/ workshop

Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky reduced breast star made by Ivan Osipov workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/order-of-saint-alexander-nevsky-reduced-breast-star-made-by-ivan-osipov-workshop-io.28226/ Reduced Orders of the White Eagle made by Ivan Osipov workshop...

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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.

 

Iconography comparison with a 1870 model specimen from the ex collection of Imperial Kapitul made by the same workshop of 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 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 order of General Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev

See also https://asiamedals.info/threads/st-george-orders-and-other-awards-of-general-mikhail-dmitriyevich-skobelev.23498/ 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...

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Saint George orders made by Dmitriy Osipov workshop during 1880s/1890s.

https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-st-george-made-by-dmitriy-osipov-workshop-do.23672/