FIRST CLASS BADGE FOR DISTINCTION IN AGRICULTURE
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Alfred Rudolfovich Thielemann (Workmaster)
Currently in storage
About this object
The badge is formed from an equal armed Greek cross decorated with translucent green guilloché enamel surmounted by the rampant Romanov griffin carrying a shield and sword surrounded by a wreath of two golden sheaves. The cross hangs from a gold wreath of oak leaves with acorns that serves to attach the cross to a green grosgrain ribbon edged in black. The award came in the original box.
- Object name:
- FIRST CLASS BADGE FOR DISTINCTION IN AGRICULTURE
- Made from:
- Enamel -- gold -- silver -- silk ribbon
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1915
- Size:
- 6.4 × 4.4 cm (2 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.68
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- MARK alpha, kokoshnik facing right, 56; On gold wreath, hidden by ribbon.; inscription, top arm: 21 FEVRALIA 1913 in Cyrillic; left arm: ZA TRUDY in Cyrillic; right arm: PO SEL'SKOMU in Cyrillic; bottom arm: KHOZIAISTVU in Cyrillic On the back of the four arms of the cross in Cyrillic.Translation: February 21, 1913 / For Distinction / In Agriculture.;Maker's Mark KF in Cyrillic On back of gold wreath, hidden by ribbon.; Maker's mark of the firm of Karl Fabergé.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973