The historically important badge of the Two Orders of Christ and St. Bento d’Aviz

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445
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Gilt silver, 95x52 mm, oval medallion, chiselled and decorated with a-jour foliage and flowers,within a chiselled border of stylized roses; both sides enriched with the oval, medallions of the twoorders in gold and enamels; upper, hinged royal crown with enameled “jewels” and chiselled details;suspended to the original, silk sash with the combined colours of the two Orders.Prince Victor Napoleon (Paris, 1862 – Bruxelles, 1926), was son of Prince Napoleon JosephCharles Paul Bonaparte (1822-1891) and Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (1843 – 1911), had animportant role in the monarchist attempt to let France’s III Republic fall, after the crisis determined atthe death of President Félix Faure, the so-called “Affaire Dreyfus” and the difficult social/economicalsituation after the Franco-Prussian war. I RR!

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279//50
Low estimate: 
4500.00 EUR
high estimate: 
9000.00EUR