A full set of insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Catherine

A full set of insignia of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Catherine

circa 1889

The badge of the Grand Cross, set with paste diamonds in the shape of the cross, the centre with enamelled painting depicting St. Catherine holding a large white cross and a palm branch. A small cross decorated with paste diamonds is superimpossed on the white cross, the ribbon is crimson moiré edged in silver, inscribed in Cyrillic with the motto of the Order \'For Love and Fatherland\', the sash of similar colour, the silver and silver-gilt eight-pointed star set with paste diamonds enclosing a central medallion surmounted by the Imperial crown and centred by a quarter wheel surmounted by a cross within a wide red guilloché enamel band set with the motto of the Order \'For Love and the Fatherland, with a hinged pin on the reverse

the cross 2½ in. (6.2 cm.) high; star 3½ in. (8.7 cm) high