Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Russia, Empire, Order of St. Vladimir, Civil Division, Fourth Class breast badge, 38mm, gold (56 zolotniki) and black enamel, with pre-1896 gold mark and obscured maker’s mark to ring, the arms completely flat and all in the same cross-sectional plane, lacking large ring suspension, central medallion slightly loose, otherwise about extremely fine £600-£800