Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III. Class, in Gold, c. 1900 Auction Archive measuring 46 mm (w) x

measuring 46 mm (w) x 68 mm (h)

the cross presents a minor chip in the centre obverse and a flake in the centre reverse

Naming is privately impressed

revealing the brass underneath

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anna, III. Class, in Gold, c. 1900 Auction Archive measuring 46 mm (w) x( ). Instituted February 14th, 1735. A Cross Patte constructed of 14kt Gold with red enameled arms, and with ornamented silver gilt patterns in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a white enameled centerpiece bearing the hand painted figure of St. Anna, the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, bearing the hand painted initials A. I. P. F. for the Latin Anna Imperatoris Petri Filia (Anna, Emperor Peters Daughter),