WORLD MILITARY MEDALS - RUSSIA - ORDER OF ST STANISLAS - 2ND CLASS GOLD CROSS Late 19th century AD Military division (with swords), with suspension ring. Obv: red enamelled Bath cross with red on white enamelled roundel at centre with SS monogram initials within green enamelled wreath; double-headed imperial eagles to angles over crossed swords. Rev: similar red on white enamelled roundel at centre with SS monogram initials; back of main cross with imperial hallmark and 'AK' maker's mark, hilts of swords of yellower gold, each with 'profile right bust' hallmark; the suspension loop with 'Ж95' hallmark. 12.12 grams, 55mm maximum. Extremely fine. Rare. Literature See Dorling, p.280, for information. Footnotes The Order of St Stanislas originated in Poland in 1765 and was adopted in Russia in 1831.
WORLD MILITARY MEDALS - RUSSIA - ORDER OF ST STANISLAS - 2ND CLASS GOLD CROSS Late 19th century AD Military division (with swords), with suspension ring. Obv: red enamelled Bath cross with red on white enamelled roundel at centre with SS monogram initials within green enamelled wreath; double-headed imperial eagles to angles over crossed swords. Rev: similar red on white enamelled roundel at centre with SS monogram initials; back of main cross with imperial hallmark and 'AK' maker's mark, hilts of swords of yellower gold, each with 'profile right bust' hallmark; the suspension loop with 'Ж95' hallmark. 12.12 grams, 55mm maximum. Extremely fine. Rare. Literature See Dorling, p.280, for information. Footnotes The Order of St Stanislas originated in Poland in 1765 and was adopted in Russia in 1831.
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