Order of Aftab (Nishan-i-Aftab)

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327
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IRAN - PERSIA

Grand Cross Set of the Order. Sash Badge with round medallion painted with black-haired human face within silver, brilliant-cut chiseled outer circlet and 15 similarly chiseled beams above, with pointed and swallow’s tailed finials; double-pointed link-ring and round suspension ring; polished reverse, showing the most accurate construction of the piece. Breast Star with chiseled and pierced rays; centre medallion with black-haired human face within silver, brilliant-cut chiseled outer circlet, similar to the badge; polished reverse with convex counter-medallion; vertical broad pin and two side-hooks. An exceptionally well-made set of European manufacture, of this extremely rare order awarded to
ladies of the highest nobility only; excellent condition; a very similar set, probably from the same workshop, is preserved at the Musée National de la Légion d’Honneur, Paris. Dim.: the badge, 46,0 x 65,0 mm.; the star, dia. 65,0 mm. Note: The Order was instituted by Shah Nasr ed-Din on the occasion of his first visit through Europe in 1873. Among the first recipients, Queen Victoria; the German Empress; the wife of the Chancellor Bismarck. I RR!

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p. 517/B23
Low estimate: 
8000.00 EUR
high estimate: 
16000.00EUR