The Order of St. Anna 3 art., Edward

The original order is in excellent collector's condition. Gold, guilloche, enamel. The size is 36*40 mm. The weight with the ribbon is 8.7 grams. The sign is an equilateral cross with crossed medieval swords on a background of plates with openwork ornaments and an eyelet with an intermediate ring. In the center of the obverse, in a rounded medallion, there is an image of St. Anna with a halo around her head, in the background in the form of two palm trees and two mountains (stylization Of the Josaphat Valley). On the reverse, in the center, in a rounded enamel medallion, there is an image of a monogram consisting of four Latin letters "AFIP" ("ANNA FILIA IMPERATORIS PETRUS" — "ANNA DAUGHTER OF EMPEROR PETER"). The stamps on the reverse are: "IL" on the upper beam (the nominal stamp of Johann Lindstedt, the chief jeweler of the Eduard company until 1911), "Edward" on the lower beam (the manufacturer is the Eduard art workshop of diamond, gold and silver products (Nevsky Prospekt, 10), founded by Eduard Ferdinandovich Dietwald (1868-1910), then his wife Vera Petrovna and son Vladimir Ditwald continued the business), "56" (gold sample, on the ear). The original tape is included. Guarantee of authenticity.

The Imperial Order of St. Anne is an order established in 1735 as a dynastic award of the Duchy of Holstein—Gottorp and introduced on April 5, 1797 by decree of Emperor Paul I into the award system of the Russian Empire to distinguish clergy, military, civil and court officials, as well as foreigners. The decree contained a provision stating that the Order of St. Anna "was awarded to the All-Russian Empire" when Peter Fedorovich (Pavel Petrovich's father) "was granted His rights to the All-Russian Imperial Throne," that is, from November 7, 1742. The statute of the order was approved in 1829. He had 4 degrees; the lowest, 4th degree was intended to be awarded only for military merit (the most junior officer's order). In terms of seniority, the order was one step below the Order of St. Vladimir and was the youngest in the hierarchy of orders of the Russian Empire until 1831. Since 1831, the Order of St. Stanislaus was introduced into the hierarchy of imperial and royal orders, which became one step lower than the Order of St. Anne in seniority. Since the establishment of the Order of St. Anne, hundreds of thousands of people have been awarded it.