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can be opened and is attached to the original sash of silk moiré. Width
53.2 mm. The larger gemstones replaced by simili and, as was usual for
decorations with brilliants, without official hallmark, since it was paid
from the tsar’s private funds.
Comes with the corresponding Breast Star in facetted (!) version for the
field or dress uniform fashioned in finest silversmith technique (with
copious piercing) on a long pin. The medallion partly in gold, finely
engraved and enamelled in translucent red. Above the medallion the
facetted crown appliqué screw-mounted on the back, the reverse cov-
ered with gold-plating. The screw-mounted cover plate with mark of
fineness for “84” zolotniki (.875 pure silver), the St. Petersburg hall-
mark and the maker’s initials “HF”, presumably for Heinrich Freyburg
(master between 1844 and circa 1860). One ball on the left tip of the star
missing. Magnificently crafted, impressive breast star. Height 92.2 mm.
Weight 52 g.
One of the best Russian order sets that have been on the market for
years! The facetted “replacement” stars of the orders with brilliants are
among the greatest rarities of Russian phaleristics. To date, there is evi-
dence of only a few specimens (Thies 4.4.1987, Shishkov) of the Order
of Alexander Nevsky.
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€ 20.000