A number of insignia have surfaced at auction over the years, or are known to be in private/public collections.
A peculiar small Badge belonged to Empress Maria Feodorovna (location unknown):
A set from the Norvegian Royal collections (probably set with paste):
Badge of the First Class awarded to Queen Sophia of Sweden in 1857, on display at the Royal Palace in Stockholm:
A very rare Star made by Röthe in Vienna for a member of the Habsburg Imperial Family, put up for sale and withdrawn by a member of this dynasty:
First Class Badge attributed to Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna (c. 1882) [Sotheby's]:
(you can see the very poor quality of the stones)
First Class Badge attributed to Queen Louise of Prussia (very unlikely provenance):
First Class Badge of Queen Louise of Denmark (Christian VIII's Palace, Amalienborg, Copenhagen):
A beautiful early Badge, late 18th century (Washington, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens):
Fascinating! Thank you Thomas. So I have been looking at items from the Order of St Catherine for years without realising it!
Queen Ena's star of the Order was auctioned by Christie's in 2016
https://www.christies.com/features/A-rare-Imperial-Russian-order-7880-1.aspx
A small cross was sold by Christie's in 2007
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/smaller-cross-of-the-order-of-st-4929711-details.aspx
And a full set of the insignia (belonging to Grand Duchess Militza Nikolaevna) was sold in 2007
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-full-set-of-insignia-of-the-5002366-details.aspx
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