Auction 3 EUROPEAN and RUSSIAN COLLECTIBLES_3
Dec 16, 2019 (Your local time)
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 1927 Boblett Street Blaine, WA 98230

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LOT 75:

EXTREMELY RARE RUSSIAN ORDER of St. ANDREW

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Start price:
$ 9,550
Estimated price:
$20000 - $30000
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EXTREMELY RARE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL ORDER of St. ANDREW
Extremely rare order of St. ANDREW, instituted in 1698.
Knight's order, gilt silver, both sides enameled, multipart construction, original suspension ring and ribbon.
Splendid French exile fabrication around 1900, in best quality of high rarity! II RR!
SIZE: 100 x 58 mm.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $20000 - $30000.
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In 2018 this order was sold on Live Auctioneer for $9600 - please see the screenshot.
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WIKIPEDIA: The Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called is the highest order of the Russian Federation. Established as the first and highest order of chivalry of the Russian Empire in 1698, it was abolished under the USSR before being re-established as the top Russian order in 1998. The Order was established in 1698 by Tsar Peter the Great, in honour of Saint Andrew, the first apostle of Jesus and patron saint of Russia. It was bestowed in a single class and was only awarded for the most outstanding civilian or military merit. Peter learned of the practice of bestowing awards from his travels in the West during the Great Embassy. In the past, service to the Russian state was rewarded with money or large estates. He witnessed first hand the awards ceremonies for England's Order of the Garter and Austria's Order of the Golden Fleece and noticed the loyalty and pride of the awardees. It also saved the state land and money. Count Fyodor Golovin was the first recipient of the order. Until its abolition following the Russian Revolution of 1917, just over one thousand awards had been made. During the monarchy, recipients of the Order of St. Andrew also automatically received the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, the Order of the White Eagle, the Order of St. Anne first class, and the Order St. Stanislaus first class. Moreover, recipients of lower ranks were automatically promoted to the rank of lieutenant general or vice admiral. The Order of Saint Andrew continued to be awarded by the Russian Imperial House in exile. The first post revolutionary presentation was to HH Prince Georgy Konstantinovich of Russia on attaining his dynastic majority in April 1923.

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