A HIGHLY IMPORTANT JEWELLED GOLD AND SILVER PERSONAL AWARD BESTOWED BY PETER THE GREAT The oval painted enamel portrait of Peter the Great after Godfried Kneller signed lower right with the initial 'B' for Charles Boit within a gold ropework rim and a painted enamel silver frame set with a diamond at the bottom, surmounted by an Imperial crown in white opaque and red guilloché enamel set with diamonds, the reverse with a large gold plaque engraved with an Imperial double-headed eagle with a stylized St. George slaying a dragon, the award surmounted on a blue velvet ribbon with a later oval painted Imperial double-headed eagle on white ground 3in. (7.2cm.) high
A HIGHLY IMPORTANT JEWELLED GOLD AND SILVER PERSONAL AWARD BESTOWED BY PETER THE GREAT The oval painted enamel portrait of Peter the Great after Godfried Kneller signed lower right with the initial 'B' for Charles Boit within a gold ropework rim and a painted enamel silver frame set with a diamond at the bottom, surmounted by an Imperial crown in white opaque and red guilloché enamel set with diamonds, the reverse with a large gold plaque engraved with an Imperial double-headed eagle with a stylized St. George slaying a dragon, the award surmounted on a blue velvet ribbon with a later oval painted Imperial double-headed eagle on white ground 3in. (7.2cm.) high
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