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Auction: 6007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 414

Russia, Order of St. Anne, First Class set of Insignia, sash Badge with Swords, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 56mm, gold (56 zolotniki) and red enamel, manufacturer´s mark on reverse, 1908-17 kokoshnik mark on suspension ring and tie-ring; Star, by Eduard, St. Petersburg, 93mm, silver (84 zolotniki) and enamel, without Swords, manufacturer´s name and mark, court stamp, and 1908-17 kokoshnik mark on reverse, and additional kokoshnik marks on tips of star, good very fine or better, with full sash, in damaged case of issue (2) Estimate £ 2,500-3,000Awarded to Major-General Herbert Campbell Holman, Chief of the British Military Mission to South Russia 22.5.1919 - 15.4.1920. At the time of the award, following the Bolshovic uprising, the production and supply of Russian Orders was severly disrupted, and consequently were often hard to obtain. As a result, White Russian Awards to British servicemen during the Allied Intervention throughout the period 1919-1920 are typically incomplete, as insignia was issued with what was available. It seems probable that at the time of the presentation of the award to General Holman, there being no Stars with swords available, a Star without swords was presented alongside the sash Badge with Swords.

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£9,000