You inattentively read my posts.
1 - this sign was definitely made by the English master! (all necessary arguments and explanations are presented above)
2 - "Victorian registration mark" - just confirms the English origin of the sign and is absolutely identified by the date of production!
3 - to discuss dates BEFORE January 29, 1874 - DO NOT! (this is meaningless and distracts from the essence of the issue - i.e. from the ownership of this sign)
Summary - if you have such an opportunity (knowledge, access to archives, catalogs, etc.) - you need to test the hypothesis! Those. who exactly and for how long wore this sign?
Personally, my hypothesis is that this badge was worn by the courtiers during the period of wedding events. (naturally, the sign was worn on a ribbon / belt over the shoulder) Perhaps this sign was worn by diplomats for some time, because. the sign itself reflected the twinning of the imperial houses - look carefully! The Russian double-headed eagle is, as it were, covered with an imperial crown, but no longer Russian, but English! (can be read as the formal supremacy of England) Also look at the wreath (wedding wreath - female on the left, - roses of Maria Alexandrovna, on the right - purely English flowers - thistle and shamrock, Prince Alfred of Edinburgh)
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