Johanniter variation?

[JBFloyd]

Silver-gilt and enamel breast star (49mm). By its construction, I'd say it's German-made, but unmarked.  It matches nothing I've ever seen (or maybe it has fallen off the edge of the memory). Is this a Johanniter variant, a wannabe, an obscure star worth millions, or maybe just the figment of somebody's fertile imagination?

 

Any help/guidance/merciless mocking would be appreciated.

[bolewts58]

Spanish Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St.John, Breast Star, late 19th century. These were almost always German-made and usually by Godet.

Edited July 17, 2022 by bolewts58

[Bayern]

I agree with bolewt58 but for a while i think in the Czarist Russia version that according with some versions subsisted in late 19th and early 20 th centuries 

 

[bolewts58]

Here's one from eMedals.

 

https://www.emedals.com/spain-an-order-of-the-knights-hospitaller-of-st-john-breast-star-c-1870-by-godet-99882

 

[JBFloyd]

Thank you both for the insights.

[saschaw]

I always wondered how the Spanish order of St. John ended up ordering decorations from a foreign maker. After all, Spain had some really, really good orders' jewelers on their own...

 

 

By the way, a Godet cased ensemble has already been shown here a few years ago!

 

Edited August 4, 2022 by saschaw