Miniature silver gilt and red enamel cross pattée with silver-gilt filigree between the arms and with loop for ribbon suspension; the pace with a circular central polychrome enamel medallion bearing the full-length figure of St. Anne standing in a field, trees in the background; the reverse with a circular central white enamel medallion bearing the crowned letters ‘A J P F’ (for Amantibus Justitiam Pietatem Fidem - Latin = to Lovers of Justice, Piety and Faith); diameter 15.37mm (0.6 inch); lacking ribbon. The Order was founded in 1735 by Karl-Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp in commemoration of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Tsar Peter I (Peter the Great). The Duke’s son, Karl Ulrich Peter, went to St. Petersburg, changed his name to Peter Feodorovich and took the title Grand Duke of Russia, becoming Tsar Peter III in 1761. The Order became part of the Imperial Russian system of Orders on 15 April 1797 and Membership of the Order was granted for distinguished public service. A very good example.
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