Martin Antonenko
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22. Day, July, 15, 2017
We continue with the order painting!
The next award at the button bar, directly under the "Wladimir" is for me visually one of the two most beautiful Russian orders (together with the Saint Andreas order!).
It is the "Order of the Holy Stanislaw" ...:
This order was originally Polish and was donated by King Stanislaus II. August as a single order on May 7, 1765, and on the name day of St Stanislaus, bishop and martyr 1035-1079, for the higher nobility.
Interestingly, the number of mambers of the order was strictly limited to 100 persons. It was only when one of them died (or the Order was recognized) that a new person could be distinguished!
When in 1815 the Russian Tsar Aleksandr I. from the "hereditary mass" of the napoleonic empire ("Grand Duchy of Warsaw") incorporated Poland and became a regent of Poland, the Russians took over the Stanislaw Order and "integrated" it into the Russian system with five classes.
Our admiral shows the 3rd class of the Stanislaw Order ...
... which was actually worn around the neck ...
... but for reasons of space it is attached to the button strip.
Just below the Stanislaw Order another award in the form of a white cross is to be seen!
The form of the cross (not Russian-Orthodox) and the five crowns (no Czar-crown) immediately suggest that it is a foreign order!
Oha!
At the time there were about 80 states that gave orders, and Admiral Alekseev, as a naval officer, had made several world trips.
The devil knows where he's got this thing from!
So where to start with the research?
My thought was the following: The award is on an "official portrait", so it was important and should be shown!
What foreign states were important to Russia?
Allies?
Possible!
More important, however, were foreign states, or their ruling dynasties, on the part of the Romanov czar dynasty.
Small states like Anhalt-Zerbst, Holstein-Gottorp and Oldenburg-Leuchtenburg I first laid aside.
For the five crowns on the order seemed to me to be kings crowns!
A sovereign state, in which a monarchy reigned with relations with the Romanov family, was sought.
And it occurred to me that Tsar Aleksandr III. (the half-brother of Alexeev) had married Princess Dagmar of Denmark, who had to convert to the Russian-Orthodox faith before the wedding (an imperative condition to marry a Russian prince!) and adopted the name Maria Fyodorovna!
Beside to the bear of a tsar, who liked to impress guests with knot horseshoes, the former Danish princess looks almost fragile!
So Denmark!
And so to speak, with the first mouse click, I've found it!
The white cross is the Danish "Danebrog Order" 2nd Class (Commander's Cross) ...:
This award, too, would have to be worn round the neck by our admiral.
Okay - so go to the brush!
And here are the "Stanislaw Order" and the "Order of Danebrog"...:
Two other awards are still missing at the button bar. The search for one is easy, but very difficult for the other ...
We continue with the order painting!
The next award at the button bar, directly under the "Wladimir" is for me visually one of the two most beautiful Russian orders (together with the Saint Andreas order!).
It is the "Order of the Holy Stanislaw" ...:
This order was originally Polish and was donated by King Stanislaus II. August as a single order on May 7, 1765, and on the name day of St Stanislaus, bishop and martyr 1035-1079, for the higher nobility.
Interestingly, the number of mambers of the order was strictly limited to 100 persons. It was only when one of them died (or the Order was recognized) that a new person could be distinguished!
When in 1815 the Russian Tsar Aleksandr I. from the "hereditary mass" of the napoleonic empire ("Grand Duchy of Warsaw") incorporated Poland and became a regent of Poland, the Russians took over the Stanislaw Order and "integrated" it into the Russian system with five classes.
Our admiral shows the 3rd class of the Stanislaw Order ...
... which was actually worn around the neck ...
... but for reasons of space it is attached to the button strip.
Just below the Stanislaw Order another award in the form of a white cross is to be seen!
The form of the cross (not Russian-Orthodox) and the five crowns (no Czar-crown) immediately suggest that it is a foreign order!
Oha!
At the time there were about 80 states that gave orders, and Admiral Alekseev, as a naval officer, had made several world trips.
The devil knows where he's got this thing from!
So where to start with the research?
My thought was the following: The award is on an "official portrait", so it was important and should be shown!
What foreign states were important to Russia?
Allies?
Possible!
More important, however, were foreign states, or their ruling dynasties, on the part of the Romanov czar dynasty.
Small states like Anhalt-Zerbst, Holstein-Gottorp and Oldenburg-Leuchtenburg I first laid aside.
For the five crowns on the order seemed to me to be kings crowns!
A sovereign state, in which a monarchy reigned with relations with the Romanov family, was sought.
And it occurred to me that Tsar Aleksandr III. (the half-brother of Alexeev) had married Princess Dagmar of Denmark, who had to convert to the Russian-Orthodox faith before the wedding (an imperative condition to marry a Russian prince!) and adopted the name Maria Fyodorovna!
Beside to the bear of a tsar, who liked to impress guests with knot horseshoes, the former Danish princess looks almost fragile!
So Denmark!
And so to speak, with the first mouse click, I've found it!
The white cross is the Danish "Danebrog Order" 2nd Class (Commander's Cross) ...:
This award, too, would have to be worn round the neck by our admiral.
Okay - so go to the brush!
And here are the "Stanislaw Order" and the "Order of Danebrog"...:
Two other awards are still missing at the button bar. The search for one is easy, but very difficult for the other ...
