RUSSIAN IMPERIAL CROSS of St. GEORGY for BRAVERY

RUSSIAN IMPERIAL CROSS of St. GEORGY for BRAVERY
Cross made from silver, obverse enamelled, medallion painted, size 20 x 20 mm, makers mark. Best quality, old miniature, to mount on side arms for bravery. Condition is XF. Known Please note: last image is for sample only.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $4000 - $5000.
HISTORY of sale: Auction Kabinet in Moscow, 2007, auction 3, lot 123 the same order in VF condition (enamel is damaged) was estimated for $7000.
REFERENCE: Russia Imperial orders, Catalogue, 2008, R3, price in XF condition is $4000 - 11 years ago. For the past 10 years the same badge was never sold at any International auctions. Great potential investment !! On the last image you can see the silver version sold in Moscow in 2011 for $3400.
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WIKIPEDIA: The Russian Imperial Guard, officially known as the Leib Guard were military units serving as personal guards of the Emperor of Russia. Peter the Great founded the first such units following the Prussian practice in the 1690s, to replace the politically motivated Streltsy. The Imperial Guard subsequently increased in size and diversity to become an elite corps of all branches within the Imperial Army rather than Household troops in direct attendance on the Tsar. Numerous links were however maintained with the Imperial family and the bulk of the regiments of the Imperial Guard were stationed in and around Saint Petersburg in peacetime.