JapanX Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Tagiev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 And another very interesting lion and sun order breast star. This one is in collection of local history museum in Ivanovo (russian town - about 300 km from Moscow). Most probably Russian work and I think these are the real rubies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Ivanovo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g1usxs Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Very nice image Nick. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Very nice image Nick. Thank you. Glad you like it! At first I didn`t even realise how many lions this millionaire had! Regards, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g1usxs Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Glad you like it! At first I didn`t even realise how many lions this millionaire had! Regards, Nick The center lion enamel work is also very nicely done. Overall a perfect example of bling OLS. I am counting 6 on this picture. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Nick, Love your threads! Thanks so much for sharing! Your contributions to getting the history of the Lion and Sun order have been invaluable. The portrait of Gadgy Zeinaladin Tagiev is a beauty. His status as a powerful industrial tycoon would explain all of his lion and sun medals. Thanks! Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 The center lion enamel work is also very nicely done. Overall a perfect example of bling OLS. I am counting 6 on this picture. Five classes per customer - even for millionaires On the left (from left to the right): 1st class lion and sun badge, breast star for 1st class of lion and sun, 3rd/2nd class of lion and sun, 2nd class of St. Stanislaus, civil division, non-christian. On the right: medal bar (3rd class of St. Stanislaus, civil division, nob-christian, medal for zeal (Alexander II), medal in memory of reign of Alexander III, medal for coronation of Nicholas II, 4th and 5th classes of lion and sun. Under the 4th and 5th classes of lion and sin is a red cross badge 1877-1878. Stars (lower, from left to the right) lion and sun breast star for 2nd class, order of noble Bukhara breast star, 2nd class breast star for St. Stanislaus, civil division, non-christian. Cheers, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Nick, Love your threads! Thanks so much for sharing! Your contributions to getting the history of the Lion and Sun order have been invaluable. The portrait of Gadgy Zeinaladin Tagiev is a beauty. His status as a powerful industrial tycoon would explain all of his lion and sun medals. Thanks! Markus Hope to post some new interesting (hopefully) threads pretty soon Thanks, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drclaw Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) Amazing photo of the guy! It makes you yearn for more elegant times - when gentlemen were gentlemen, and you won't get beaten up walking down the street wearing a sash draped across your shoulder. Cholera, open sewers and halitosis are just minor inconveniences for the chance of wearing all that bling ... Edited February 13, 2012 by drclaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 And another Russian. This time he is hero of Russo-Japanese war, colonel Kritzkyi Alexander Vasilievich. Most likely this photo was made in 1900-1904. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Kritzkyi Alexander Vasilievich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted March 11, 2012 Author Share Posted March 11, 2012 Hope you like his white and red ribbon mates Say bye-bye to this old and false “green ribbons for foreigners” rule … Nevertheless his lion is recumbent lion ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) And another thoroughbred russian. Only this time it is a bling one Marked on reverse ПБ and Kokoshnik 84. Judging by the second mark (Kokoshnik 84) this piece was manufactured somewhere between 1908 and 1917. Edited April 28, 2012 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 Obverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 Reverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 Another lucky russian cavalier ... Adjutant general, rear admiral, Golovachev Dmytry Zacharovich. This photo was made in St.Petersburg somewehere between 1877 and 1886. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted June 8, 2012 Author Share Posted June 8, 2012 And another photo of unknown Cossack captain (Markus showed to us trancated version of this photo in the other thread ). This photo was made in Maikop in 1909. Worshop of M.M. Ambrazevich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Please welcome Wladimer Guedroitz, Counselor and Chamberlain during reign of Nicholas II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Looks like he is also wearing his father awards :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Markus Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Please welcome Wladimer Guedroitz, Counselor and Chamberlain during reign of Nicholas II It is a good thing that Wladimer Guedroitz is so rotund, giving ample space to display that massive medal collection! It looks like there are two lion and suns stacked right on top of each other. Thanks for posting! Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drclaw Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Oh my gosh, I counted AT LEAST 20 breast stars! I think it's gone beyond the ridiculous and having too much bling can be a bad thing. The Brits with their single Grand Cross Order of the Bath strike an elegant figure in contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 It is a good thing that Wladimer Guedroitz is so rotund ... I believe back in the States they call them "big-boned"... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 (edited) Oh my gosh, I counted AT LEAST 20 breast stars! My count is 21 I think it's gone beyond the ridiculous and having too much bling can be a bad thing. So long Emperor Bokassa ... :lol: Edited July 27, 2012 by JapanX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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