Orders, Decorations and Medals

Russia, Order of St. Stanislaus, an exceptional 1st Class breast star with crown, swords and swords above the centre by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 89 x 88mm., silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with silver-gilt swords and gold and enamel crown, manufacturer’s name, unknown workmaster’s initials (‘I.L.’ in cyrillic) and St. Petersburg marks for 1908-17 on reverse, slight damage to green enamel, nearly extremely fine, a rare combination £6000-7000

Ex Dr Herbert Foerster Collection, Sotheby’s, 11 May 1999, lot 145 (£3,450) ‘... presumably a production for a German recipient’.