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Medals and Awards<\/h1>\n

Members of the family have received many medals and awards for services performed over the centuries. Some were earned for military valor and bravery or excellence in the performance of their duties. Others were granted for occupying positions of trust or for outstanding services provided the governments they served or international organizations they supported in diffucult times.<\/h2>\n

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Danylo Apostol\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>was presented a Kovsh by Peter the Great in gratitude for Danylo’s outstanding service in the battle of Poltava on July 8, 1709. Czar Peter I of Russia engaged the army of King Charles XII of\u00a0 Sweden in what became the decisive engagement of the Great Northern War where the Swedes lost to the Russian army in large part due to the intervention of Danylo’s cossacks in support of the Russians. In 1712 a blown glass Kovsh with gold gilt was presented Danylo. It remained in the family until the 1990s when it is believed that Andrew and Alexis donated it to a museum in Moscow or the Apostol Museum in Homutetz.<\/p>\n

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Matvei Mouravieff-Apostol\u00a0<\/strong>was presented \u00a0several Medals by\u00a0Czar Alexander\u00a0I. Following the Battle of Borodino fought on September 7, 1812 he was awarded the\u00a0Order of St. Georges, 4th Class. Napoleon’s\u00a0invasion of Russia with some 130,000 soldiers was met 60 miles west of Moscow by 125,000 Russians under the command of General Kutuzov. The bloodiest conflict of the war between France and Russia resulted in some 80,000 casualties. At the time, Matvei was barely 20 years old. The Russian army was forced to withdraw leaving Moscow abandoned and burning to be seized by Napoleon a few weeks later.\u00a0\u00a0The award <\/span>Badge of Distinction of the Military Order of St. George<\/strong> \u2014 commonly called the Soldier\u2019s St. George Cross<\/strong>.Technically, Matvei was not awarded the officer\u2019s Order of St. George, 4th Class. He received the enlisted-ranks\u2019 Badge of Distinction for bravery at Borodino, chosen by the soldiers of his company. A replacement 4th-degree cross, No. 51802<\/strong>, was presented to him in 1883 after his right to wear it was restored<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0He would also receive the Imperial <\/strong><\/span>Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class <\/strong>under the 1813 classification\u2014subsequently redesignated 4th Class; the \u201cAnninsky weapon\u201d<\/strong> award.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Kulm Cross<\/strong>, also called the Prussian Badge of the Iron Cross for Kulm<\/strong>.

\nThis is the separate black cross at the right. King Frederick William III of Prussia instituted it for Russian Guards troops who fought at the Battle of Kulm in 1813. Matvei was wounded there. The officer\u2019s version was silver, black-lacquered on the front, and attached directly to the breast by a pin rather than suspended from a ribbon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Silver Medal \u201cIn Memory of the Patriotic War of 1812.\u201d<\/strong>

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Vladimir Vladimirovitch Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine received several Medals for his service in the Diplomatic Corps and later he and his wife were awarded the Russian\u00a0Red Cross Service Medal for their contributions during WWI. In 1905, the King of Portugal presented him with the Order of St. James. <\/span><\/strong>The decoration is properly known as the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword<\/strong> (Portuguese: Ordem Militar de Sant’Iago da Espada<\/em>). Under the Portuguese monarchy, it was one of the kingdom’s highest orders and was conferred upon Portuguese and foreign civilians for distinguished merit. The insignia consisted of a purple (violet) sash, a badge featuring the red Cross of Saint James, and, in the higher classes, an eight-pointed breast star<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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