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Badge and star: Order of St Anne, 1st class (military) 1855-1917
Awarded to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925). Badge: Red enamelled Maltese cross with gold edges. Between the angles of the arms of the cross are gold open-worked scrolls and swords. In the centre is a circular medallion of white enamel on which is portrayed the figure of St Anne with mountains in the background, the whole surrounded by a gold band. Reverse in white enamel 'A J P F' (motto Amatibus, Justiciam, Pietatem, Fidem). With sash of watered silk, scarlet with narrow yellow stripe near each edge. Star: Eight pointed silver star with red enamel cross in centre surrounded by red enamel band with legend: 'AMAN.JUST.PIET.FID.'
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2425 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Order |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| People: | Sturdee, Frederick Charles Doveton |
| Credit: | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from a Private Collection |
| Measurements: | badge: 73 mm; star: 95 mm |
| Parts: | Badge and star: Order of St Anne, 1st class (military) 1855-1917 |