BADGE OF ORDER OF ST. VLADIMIR
Creator(s): Eduard (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
Fourth class, no ribbon, with swords, for expedition in Mongolia, May 1905, awarded to donor. Gold cross pattée with crossed swords beneath central medallion. Ermine mantle bearing CB for St. Vladimir on black ground. Reverse date of founding 22 September 1782 in gold on black ground.
- Object name:
- BADGE OF ORDER OF ST. VLADIMIR
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1906-1917
- Size:
- 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.40
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- MARK on loop: illegible, on back of sword hilt: kokoshnik; beneath enamel reverse upper arm: initials, VD in Cyrillic lower arm Eduard in Cyrillic
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973