WORLD MILITARY MEDALS - RUSSIA - ORDER OF ST STANISLAS - 3RD CLASS MILITARY DIVISION 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, it was adopted in Russia in 1831 and was incorporated into the Chapter of Russian Orders as part of the honours system of the Russian Empire by Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. In 1839, the Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus received new statutes, including granting status of nobility on its recipients in all three classes.
WORLD MILITARY MEDALS - RUSSIA - ORDER OF ST STANISLAS - 3RD CLASS MILITARY DIVISION 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, it was adopted in Russia in 1831 and was incorporated into the Chapter of Russian Orders as part of the honours system of the Russian Empire by Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. In 1839, the Russian Order of Saint Stanislaus received new statutes, including granting status of nobility on its recipients in all three classes.
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