french-made order of saint anna

  1. Orders of Saint Anna made by Lemaitre, Paris

    1st class cross in gold. Gold, enamel. Size 50.5 mm. Cross ring and ribbon loop marked with a French gold hallmark "eagle's head" and partly readable maker's mark. Marks. Most likely this is "GL (for Gaston Lemaître) with a grenade with 4 flames in the center" mark /G.L + une grenade...
  2. 1st class Order of Saint Anna with swords (and other awards) of Major General Ivor Thord-Gray

    Privately-comissioned French-made 1st class set (most likely made by Chobillion https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-saint-anna-made-by-chobillion-paris.27851/). 1st/2nd class cross. Silver, gilt, enamel. Collection of Armémuseum /Swedish Army Museum/, Stockholm. Breast star.
  3. Orders of Saint Anna made by Arthus Bertrand, Paris

    1st class cross with an unusual (for a French-made cross) guilloché. Silver, gilt, enamel. Size 56 x 50.4 mm. Weight 41.35 g. Marked with a French silver hallmark "boar's head" for 800 silver and partly readable maker's mark "wheel with A.B. et Cie" for Arthus Bertrand workshop. Marks.
  4. Orders of Saint Anna made by Kretly, Paris

    Auguste Kretly’s Paris firm has been in business for well over a century and is always associated with superb quality. It grew out of the passementerie and ribbon firm owned by C.-Hy. Letellier. In 1855, Kretly self-designated as a jeweller and five years later as a “fabricant d’ordres.” He...
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