Star of the Order of St. Stanislaus, 1st class for Gentiles, Kabel

The original star is in excellent collector's condition. 84 silver, gilt, enamel. The manufacturer, Keibel, was the official supplier of the Chapter House from 1836 to 1905. From 1836 to 1862 (until 1854, together with Heinrich Wilhelm Kemmerer), Johann Wilhelm Keibel (1788-1862) owned it. After I.V. Keibel's death, his son, Julius Keibel (1852-1882), became the supplier, and in 1882-1905 he was I.V. Keibel's grandson, Albert Keibel (1854-1910). It is a rarity in such preservation. Guarantee of authenticity.

The Imperial and Royal Order of St. Stanislaus was an order of the Russian Empire from 1831 to 1917. The youngest in the hierarchy of orders of the Russian Empire, mainly to distinguish officials. It was established on May 7, 1765 by the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania Stanislav August Poniatowski. He was awarded to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Duchy of Warsaw, and the Kingdom of Poland. See the history of the order in the Polish period in the article The Order of St. Stanislaus (Poland).

In 1831, after the suppression of the Polish uprising of 1830-1831, along with the Polish Order of the White Eagle, he was ranked among the Orders of the Russian Empire. The order's management and awarding issues were transferred from Warsaw to St. Petersburg. In 1832, the image of St. Nicholas was removed from it. Stanislaus, replacing it with the monograms SS, and the single-headed Polish eagles on the Order's cross were replaced with the double-headed eagles of the Russian Empire.

In 1839, Nicholas I issued a new Statute of the order, according to which it was now divided into three degrees, and "any subject of the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Poland" could be awarded for military and civilian honors, as well as for private services, such as charity. The badge of the Order of the second degree was divided into two types: a cross decorated with the imperial crown, and a cross without a crown (the division was abolished in 1874).

Since 1844, the monogram of the name of St. Stanislaus has been replaced by the black imperial Russian eagle on the badges of the order, which are awarded to persons of non-Christian faith.

The Order of St. The Stanislaus of the 3rd degree became the youngest in the order of precedence of Russian orders and was awarded more often than others. It was awarded to many military and civil servants who served a fixed term and had ranks of at least 12th grade: an example of such an award is depicted by Pavel Fedotov in the famous painting "The Fresh Cavalier". When established, the order of any degree granted the rights of hereditary nobility, but among the nobility there was discontent from too many new nobles from among merchants and minor employees. In 1845, by the highest decree, the awarding of the 2nd and 3rd degrees was suspended. Awards resumed only on June 28, 1855, but from that time on, only the 1st degree of the Order of St. Stanislaus granted the right of hereditary nobility.

Since 1855, two crossed swords have been attached to the insignia of the Order for Military Honors. In the case of awarding the same order of a higher degree for non-military services, the swords were placed at the top of the cross and stars.

Since 1874, the decoration of the badge of the order with the imperial crown has been abolished, but those who received such orders previously retained the right to wear them with a crown.

After the February Revolution, the order was not abolished. The Provisional Government of Russia retained the Order of St. Stanislaus, changing its appearance: the imperial eagles were replaced by republican ones.

Since 1917, the awarding of this order in Soviet Russia has been discontinued. At the same time, the heads of the Russian Imperial House in exile continued to award the Imperial and Royal Orders of St. Nicholas. Stanislav. Awards of the Imperial and Royal Orders of St. Peter the Great Stanislav after 1917, see the article Awards of titles and orders of the Russian Empire after 1917. The visible difference between the Order of the Russian Imperial House as a dynastic property and an award from the so-called "international public awards" with a similar name is the prefix "Imperial and Royal", which follows before the term "Order of St. Peter the Great". Stanislav."