Order of Saint Vladimir.
Cross 2nd class. Civilian Division. Gold and enamel. 1848-1860 manufacture. 59 mm. 32.7 gr. XF. Barac 703; Werlich 16.

The loop is marked with the combined city and standard mark; 56 (14K – 583 gold) and the 1741-1907 symbol for St. Petersburg; the crossed anchor, grapnel, and scepter. On the bottom arm of the cross is the makers stamp FB of the Finnish silversmith Frederik Björk who worked in St Petersburg mid-19th Century, master from 1848 to 1860.

Lit: Barac4, 1504; Tammann, 6, 19; Werlich, 13-15.