Russia, Imperial. A Georgian Order of Queen Tamara; 1st Class Breast Star
Item #EU13309
$675
An eight-pointed silvered bronze star with bronze gilt and blue enamelled insignia, measuring 71.5 mm x 72 mm, vertical pinback, chipping evident in the blue enamels on the centrepiece ring, extremely fine.
Footnote: The Order of Queen Tamara was a Georgian military decoration granted to members of the Georgian Legion and of the German Caucasus Expedition, who fought in Georgia after November 4, 1918. The official criterion, proclaimed by General Zakhari Mdivani, the Georgian minister of war, stated, "For merits in Georgia herewith all officers and enlisted men of the German troops in the Caucasus, which remained in Georgia after November 4, 1918, have the right to wear the Order of Saint Tamara."