Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, II Class Cross, German-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Auction Archive evidence of repainting of the

evidence of repainting of the core

D EVANS STO UC V85697

measuring 78 mm (w) x 139 mm (l)

surrounded by an ornately decorated ring

the reverse retaining a brown leather tongue perforated with eleven sets of dual eyelets for an adjustable fit (two absent their second eyelet)

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Stanislaus, II Class Cross, German-Made for White Émigrés c. 1925 Auction Archive evidence of repainting of the( . 2 ). Instituted 8 May 1765 by Stanisaw II August of Poland; incorporated into Russian orders 1831 by Tsar Nicholas I. (1831 1917 issue; c. 1925 migre reissue). Constructed of a gilded alloy with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with arms completing in ribbed fans and ball finials, joined together through the quadrants by intricate double headed imperial eagles, the obverse featuring red enamels, bearing a central white