Cross of St. George - Award Description

Award Description

The modern Cross of St. George is virtually identical to the imperial variant. It is a 34mm wide cross pattée worn on the left side of the chest with other medals, the obverse has a central medallion bearing the right facing image of St. George on horseback slaying the dragon. The reverse of the central medallion bears the Cyrillic monogram of the Order of St. George "SG" (Russian: «СГ»). The reverse of the two lateral arms of the cross bear the serial number of the award, the left arm having an embossed letter "N" at its left extremity. The class of the cross is embossed on the reverse of the lower arm, "1-я степ" for the 1st class, "2-я степ" for the 2nd class, "3-я степ" for the 3rd class and "4-я степ" for the 4th class.

The crosses 1st and 2nd class are made of gilt silver, the crosses 3rd and 4th class are made of silver. All four crosses hang from the standard Russian pentagonal mount covered with an overlapping 24mm wide silk moiré ribbon of St. George. A bow made of the same ribbon is affixed to the crosses 1st and 3rd class to distinguish them from the 2nd and 4th class awards.

When the cross is not worn, a ribbon bar is worn on the uniform. The ribbon bar is 8mm high by 24mm wide, it bears a 7mm high golden metallic roman numeral denoting the class of the award.

• Cross of St. George
  first class

• Cross of St. George
  second class

• Cross of St. George
  third class

• Cross of St. George
  fourth class

• Ribbon bar for the Cross of St. George 1st class

• Ribbon bar for the Cross of St. George 2nd class

• Ribbon bar for the Cross of St. George 3rd class

• Ribbon bar for the Cross of St. George 4th class