Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anne, I Class in Gold, c. 1870, by Eduard Hold the reverse bearing a handwritten

the reverse bearing a handwritten name

” Eingegeben “nur” zur silbernen Verdienstme-medaille- Verleihung der Militar-Karl-Friedrich Verdienstmedaille aufgrund Eisernem Kreuz I

measuring 46 mm (w) x 47 mm (h)

Hindenburg and Hitler

53 cm circumference translating to a US  6 ⅝ size

Russia, Imperial. An Order of St. Anne, I Class in Gold, c. 1870, by Eduard Hold the reverse bearing a handwritten( ). Instituted February 14th, 1735. A beautiful Cross Pattee in 14K Gold, with raised red enamel arms, ornamented patterns in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse with a white enameled centerpiece bearing the hand painted figure of St. Anna, the reverse with a similar white enameled medallion, bearing the hand painted initials A. I. P. F. for the Latin Anna Imperatoris Petri Filia (Anna, Emperor Peters Daughter), suspended from a