Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Ivan Keibel, C.1870 Auction (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 Bandschnalle)

(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 Bandschnalle)

Gesch” as well as “BeBo” and with RAD logo

previously referred to as AH’s Cabrio Helmet

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Russia, Imperial. An Order Of St. Stanislaus In Gold, I Class Badge, By Ivan Keibel, C.1870 Auction (Eisernes Kreuz 1914 Bandschnalle)( ). Instituted 7 May 1765 by Stanislaus II Augustus Pontiakowski. Reinstituted by Tsar Nicholas I in 1832. Of high quality manufacture by the workshop of Ivan Keibel, which was court purveyor from 1836 (until 1910), a superb ball tipped enamelled red Maltese Cross in Gold, adorning by delicate ribbed fans in the knee of each arm, the quadrants featuring detailed Romanov imperial Gold eagles, the obverse with a central enamelled white medallion