Badge: Order of Vasa, 3rd class

Awarded to Captain Stanislaus Niewiarowski, Imperial Russian Navy. Badge, Knight of the Swedish Order of Vasa. Obverse: A gold cross of four double points each with a gold ball tip, enamelled white, between each pair of arms, a gold crown. In the centre a gold sheaf (Vasa) surrounded by a gold oval, enamelled red, bearing in gold, the inscription: "GUSTAF.III.INSTIKTARE MDCCLXXII". Reverse the same. Suspended from a pierced gilt crown by a scroll. Above, a gold ring secures the badge to a plain green moire ribbon. Mounted on a bar with eleven others.

Object Details

ID: MED2677
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Order
Display location: Not on display
People: Niewiarowski, Stanislaus
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 58 x 46 mm
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