Ekaterina dressed in mourning attire on day of Empress Elizabeth Petrovny death on December, 25th, 1761 and did not remove a mourning dress throughout all six months of her husband Peter III reign. Also, she carried it at the beginning of her own supremacy. Over the dress - a blue ribbon and a star of St. Andrew Pervozvanny Order, which Catherine awarded to herself on a day of Royal revolt, which brought her to power and raised her on Russian Throne.