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Order of St. Anne

Country:Russia
Established:The Order of Saint Anne was established on 14 February 1735 by Duke Charles Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein in honor of his deceased wife, Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great. On 15 April 1797, it was reestablished as a Russian Order and divided into four classes by Emperor Paul I.
Classes:Four
Criteria:Awarded for a distinguished career in civil service or valor and distinguished service in the military, the highly prized Order of Saint Anne entitled first class recipients to hereditary nobility while recipients of the second, third and fourth classes gained personal nobility. For military recipients, it was awarded with swords.
Order of St. Anne, 2nd Class with Swords

Recipients - World War I Aces
CanadaRaymond Collishaw
4th Class
RussiaJuri Gilsher
4th Class
BelgiumFernand Jacquet
4th Class
RussiaNikolai Kokorin
4th Class with Swords
RussiaAlexander Kozakov
3rd Class with Swords
4th Class with Swords
RussiaYevgraph Kruten
4th Class with Swords
RussiaErnst Leman
4th Class with Swords
RussiaIvan Loiko
2nd Class with Swords
3rd Class with Swords
4th Class
RussiaDonat Makeenok
3rd Class with Swords
4th Class
RussiaAlexander Pishvanov
4th Class
RussiaIvan Orlov
3rd Class with Swords
4th Class with Swords
RussiaAlexander Seversky
2nd Class
3rd Class
4th Class
RussiaIvan Smirnov
3rd Class with Swords
4th Class with Swords
RussiaVasili Yanchenko
4th Class with Swords

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