RUSSIA, ORDER OF ST ANNE, CIVIL DIVISION |

First Class set of insignia by Julius Keibel, St Petersburg, from the full set of Russian Imperial insignia bestowed upon George, Duke of Cambridge in 1874, comprising sash badge, in gold and enamels, and breast star, in silver and silver-gilt, with gilt and enamel centre, with length of sash ribbon, probably never worn, virtually as made (lot)

The Order of St Anne was founded by Duke Karl Friedrich of Holstein-Gottorp on 14 February 1735. It was named for the mother of the Virgin Mary and in memory of his late wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great.