Imperial Russia - Orders
ORDER OF ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY

Complete Set. Cross. 56 mm. Gold. Hallmarked 56 on the loop. Imperial eagle on top and ‘ДК’ mark on reverse lower arm. Star. Silver. 88 mm. Imperial eagle and maker’s mark ‘AK’. Hallmarked 84, ‘Keibel’ and Imperial eagle on base. 84, ‘Keibel’ and eagle on pin. Fully gilded. Comes with a full length sash and case of issue. Awarded to His Highness Duke Elimar of Oldenburg (January 23, 1844 – October 17, 1895).
Condition: The Star has a minor enamel chip. Otherwise superb

(Anton Gunther Friedrich Elimar, prince of Oldenburg, was the only surviving son of August, Grandduke of Oldenburg and his wife, Princess Cecilia, daughter of Swedish King Gustav IV Adolf. His elder stepsister was Amalia of Oldenburg, Queen Consort of Greece. The prince married Baroness Natalie (1854-1937) on April 23, 1868 and they had two children: Countess Alexandrine Gustava Friederike von Welsburg b.1877 who died unmarried, and Count Gustav Gregor Alexander von Welsburg b.1878. Accompanied by a personal letter of praise and affection signed by Alexander II: My Sir, my cousin, I desire to send to Your Highness a token of my sentiments in your regard by nominating you a Knight of my Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky. I pray you will accept it and wear it as a souvenir of your stay with me; that it may convey a reminder of the affection with which you are held – I repeat my sincere assurance. Alexander II, Tsar of the Russians St. Petersburg, January 20, 1868 to: His Highness, the Duke Elimar of Oldenburg