Privately Commissioned Orders of Saint Stanislaus with Swords made by an Unidentified Russian workshops

Privately commissioned orders of Saint Stanislaus without swords a) red enameled crosses https://asiamedals.info/threads/pri...made-by-unidentified-russian-workshops.27251/ , b) "black" enameled crosses https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...-made-by-an-unidentified-manufacturers.26531/.

2nd class of dark cherry red flat enamel with swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size 50.7 x 49.2 mm.
Weight 18.92 g.

Unmarked.

 

3rd class cross of flat "black" enamel with swords and "small" eagles.

Gold, enamel.
Size 42 mm.

Marked with French import gold hallmark "coquille" (shell with alpha = Paris) for 585 gold that was introduced in 1994 and partly readable Russian hallmark .

Same cross before his "journey" to France (note partly readable Russian hallmark).

Under a different light.

 

2nd class cross with swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size 52.2 mm.
Weight 22.52 g.

Marked with unreadable maker's mark and partly readable St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark "56+anchors".

Details.

 

3rd class cross with with flat "black" /dark cherry/ enamel and sword hilts of an unusual form.

Gold, enamel.
Size 45.54 x 44.85 mm.
Weight 17.6 g.

Marked with a partly readable St. Petersburg (?) assay office year mark "56..." and unreadable maker's mark.

 

3rd class cross of Saint Stanislaus order with swords from 1899-1904 time period.

Gold, enamel.
Size 42 mm.

Ring marked with a St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark "56, kokoshnik to the left, initials of the assay inspector of the St. Petersburg assay office "ЯЛ/YL" (Яков Ляпунов/Yakov Lyapunov)" and unreadable maker's mark. Reverse medallion was taken from the "Kapitul" Saint Stanislaus order made by Albert Keibel workshop https://asiamedals.info/forums/orders-of-st-stanislaus-made-by-albert-keibel-ak.789/.

Collection of Turku Museum Center.

Marks.

 

3rd class cross with flat "black" enamel and swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size 46 x 44 mm.
Weight 14.1 g.

Marked with a gold hallmark "56" and partly readable St. Petersburg assay office year mark "1863".

 

2nd class cross with swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size 51 x 47 mm.
Weight 11.7 g.

Unmarked.

 

3rd class cross with swords and "black" flat enamel.

Gold, enamel.
Size 40.4 mm.
Weight 11.46 g.

Marked with a partly readable gold hallmark "56".

 

1st/2nd class cross with swords and "black" flat enamel.

Gold, enamel.
Size 55.5 х 54.3 mm.
Weight 23.02 g.

Marked with a partly readable gold hallmark "56" and unreadable year mark and maker's mark. Cross has some of the features of Ivan Osipov workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...y-ivan-vasilievich-osipov-i-o-workshop.25721/. Swords were added after 1908 and bear St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmarks from 1908+ time period. The double-headed eagle on the bottom right has been restored.​

 

3rd class cross of St. Stanislaus order with flat "black" enamel and swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size 37.6 mm.
Weight 9.67 g.

Marked with a gold hallmark "56" and partly readable St. Petersburg assay office year mark "18...". Ring also marked with a French import gold hallmark "coquille" (shell with alpha = Paris) for 585 gold that was introduced in 1994. Most likely obverse and reverse medallions were taken from an IK-made 3rd class cross https://asiamedals.info/threads/3rd-class-orders-of-st-stanislaus-made-by-julius-keibel-ik.26617/. Almost certainly swords were added to the cross later.

 

Orders of St. Saint Stanislaus with flat "black" enamel and swords made by an Unidentified St. Petersburg Workshop

The crosses of this workshop have a very characteristic rear medallions. 3rd class with swords and bow of flat black enamel. Gold, enamel. Size 45.9 x 43.6 mm Weight (with ribbon) 15.7 g. Marked with partly readable gold hallmark "56" and maker's mark "И. " or "П.". Marks. Same cross...

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Orders of St. Saint Stanislaus with Swords and Imperial Crown marked with "Double-headed Eagle inside a Circle" on the ring

Interesting crosses made by an unidentified Russian workshop during 1860s/1870s. All such crosses known to date have a stable set of features, all have flat "black" /dark cherry/ enamel and marked on the ring with two marks: gold hallmark "56" and "double-headed eagle inside a circle" mark...

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2nd class cross with swords. Most like it was commissioned by the Russo-Japanese War veteran.

Gold, enamel.
Size 53 mm.
Weight 21.06 g.

Ring marked with a St. Petersburg assay office round silver hallmark "kokoshnik facing left, AR /AР/ for the Alexander Romanov /Александр Васильевич Романов/ assay district manager" from 1904-1908 time period. Maker's mark is missing. Could be an early ПС-made cross https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-st-stanislaus-made-by-ps-ps-workshop.25724/.

 

3rd class cross of St. Stanislaus order with flat "black" enamel and swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size 43 mm.
Weight 14.8 g.

Marked with a gold hallmark "56" and partly readable St. Petersburg assay office year mark "186...", maker's mark is unreadable.