AFGHANISTAN: Muhammad Nadir Shah, 1929-1933, AR military award medal (29.96g), SH1309, award for service in fighing the bandits in the North, VF.
Numismatic Auction #18
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Stephen Album Rare Coins Numismatic Auction #18
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Lot #1874 - World Coins asia and middle-east
AUSTRIA: Franz Josef II, 1848-1916, tin medal, 1916, Quadruple Alliance, portraits of the Turkish Sultan Mehmet V, the German Emperor Wilhelm II, the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Josef, and King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, around laurel wreath and ribbon VIRIBUS UNITIS / ZUM ANDENKEN AN DEN WELTKRIEG (In Memory of the World War), mortar firing positions in the forest, with loop and ring as made, all attached to watch fob, VF, RR.
Lot #1875 - World Coins asia and middle-east
FRANCE:PAIR of miniature medals, Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur) 5th class Chevalier, silver and green, white, blue enameled, gold center, with crown suspension and the Order of Academic Palms (Ordre des Palmes Académiques), finely crafted in silver and enamel with 5 tiny precious gems, both with period ribbons and pin, pair of two medals, EF, RR.
Lot #1876 - World Coins asia and middle-east
FRANCE:Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur) 5th class Chevalier, silver and green, white, blue enameled, gold center, with wreath suspension, and new pin back ribbon, EF. The Legion of Honour, or in full, the National Order of the Legion of Honour, is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 May 1802. The Order is the highest decoration in France and is divided into five degrees: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer),...
Lot #1877 - World Coins asia and middle-east
FRANCE:Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur) 5th class Chevalier, silver and green, white, blue enameled, gold center, with wreath suspension, and new pin back ribbon with rosette, EF. The Legion of Honour, or in full, the National Order of the Legion of Honour, is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 May 1802. The Order is the highest decoration in France and is divided into five degrees: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (...
Lot #1878 - World Coins asia and middle-east
FRANCE:Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur) 5th class Chevalier, silver and green, white, blue enameled, gold center, with wreath suspension, and pin back ribbon, smaller size, EF. The Legion of Honour, or in full, the National Order of the Legion of Honour, is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 May 1802. The Order is the highest decoration in France and is divided into five degrees: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer...
Lot #1879 - World Coins asia and middle-east
FRANCE:Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur) 5th class Chevalier, silver and green, white, blue enameled, gold center, with wreath suspension, and ribbon with rosette, smaller size, EF. The Legion of Honour, or in full, the National Order of the Legion of Honour, is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 May 1802. The Order is the highest decoration in France and is divided into five degrees: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (...
Lot #1880 - World Coins asia and middle-east
FRANCE:Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur) 5th class Chevalier, silver and green, white, blue enameled, gold center, with wreath suspension, and ribbon, miniature medal, EF. The Legion of Honour, or in full, the National Order of the Legion of Honour, is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte on 19 May 1802. The Order is the highest decoration in France and is divided into five degrees: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer),...
Lot #1881 - World Coins asia and middle-east
PRUSSIA: Wilhelm II, 1888-1918, blackened iron and silver, Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) First Class, type of 1914-1924, reverse with hinge pin with makers intials FR below, with original box of issue, choice EF.
Lot #1882 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GERMANY:SET of 5 orders & medals including; Miniature Order Set - Officer class, 1) Order of Glory-Nisan-I Iftihar (Ottoman Empire), an order founded 19 August 1831 by Sultan Mahmud II, 2) Franz Joseph I of Austria (Habsburg) gold medal ND, 3) Greece Royal Order of the Redeemer medal in Gold- Order was instituted in 1863, 4) Imperial Austria gold/enameled Franz Joseph Military Order medal - Order was instituted in 1849, 5) Order of the...
Lot #1883 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GERMANY:SET of 5 medals including; Prussian Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) 1813-1914 type, oval Kyffhäuser War Commemorative Medal of the Kyffhäuser Union with crossed swords, Turkish Grand Medal of Distinction (Tarz-i jedid Buyuk Imtiyaz), Baden Frederick II Medal of Merit, Honor and Remembrance Cross of the Navy Corps - Flanders (Das Ehren-und Erinnerungskreuz des Marinekorps Flandern), with pins and chain, miniature medals, set of 5 medals,...
Lot #1884 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GERMANY:SET of 3 medals including; Prussian Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) 1813-1914 type, Cross of Honor for the Great War, 1914-1918 (Ehrenkreuz des Weltkrieges), The Ottoman War Medal or Gallipoli Star (Harp Madalyasi), with pins and chain, miniature medals, set of 3 medals, EF, RR.
Lot #1885 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GERMANY:SET of medals, Prussian Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) and Turkish Medal of Honor (Liyakat Madalyasi), silver, dated AH1308 (=1890), toughra and trophies, with pins and chain, miniature medals, with contemporary but not original box, set of 2 medals, EF.
Lot #1886 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GERMANY:miniature WWI Prussian Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz) set in very lovely ornate pin back with enamelled center piece, EF, R.
Lot #1887 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal set, SET of three medals mounted on bar:
1) Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class medal, with original ribbon for wearing around the neck. Star-shaped design with Sultan Abdul Mejid's royal tughra surrounded by an inscription on a gold-bordered circle of red enamel; all on a star of seven triple quills with small crescents and five-pointed stars between them, British made example suspended from a...
Lot #1888 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, 1854, Crimean War Medal, by W. Wyon, struck at the Royal mint, young portrait of Queen left / Victory flying right, crowning soldier standing facing, holding shield, with original ribbon and Sebastopol clasp, miniature medal, EF. The Crimea Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1854, for issue to officers and men of British units (land and naval) which fought in the Crimean War of 1854-56...
Lot #1889 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, 1854, Crimean War Medal by W. Wyon, struck at the Royal mint, young portrait of Queen left / Victory flying right, crowning soldier standing facing, holding shield, with original ribbon and Sebastopol clasp, miniature medal, EF. The Crimea Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1854, for issue to officers and men of British units (land and naval) which fought in the Crimean War of 1854-56...
Lot #1890 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, 1854, Crimean War Medal by W. Wyon, struck at the Royal mint, young portrait of Queen left / Victory flying right, crowning soldier standing facing, holding shield, with original ribbon, miniature medal, EF. The Crimea Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1854, for issue to officers and men of British units (land and naval) which fought in the Crimean War of 1854-56 against Russia. The medal...
Lot #1891 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, 1854, Crimean War Medal by W. Wyon, struck at the Royal mint, young portrait of Queen left / Victory flying right, crowning soldier standing facing, holding shield, with original ribbon in poor condition and Sebastopol clasp, miniature medal, EF. The Crimea Medal was a campaign medal approved in 1854, for issue to officers and men of British units (land and naval) which fought in the Crimean War...
Lot #1892 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, Second Anglo-Afghan War Campaign Medal 1878-1880, officer on horseback with lancers on the move, elephant carrying mahoot and cannon, with clasp and original ribbon of issue, awarded to 1254, Private M. Mangan, 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, EF.
Lot #1893 - World Coins asia and middle-east
GREAT BRITAIN: Victoria, 1837-1901, AR medal, South Africa Campaign Medal (Boer War) 1899-1902, with clasp and battle bars for Laing's Nek, Transvaal, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State and Tugela Heights with original ribbon of issue, awarded to 2235 Private W.W. Heath, Devon Regiment, EF.
Lot #1894 - World Coins asia and middle-east
IRAN: Muzaffar al-din Shah, 1896-1907, AR medal, AH1318, Rabino plate 146 #68, medal for valor, arms of Iran / inscription and date inside beaded circle, with mount for wearing as usual, prooflike Brilliant Unc. This award medal was instituted by Nasir al-Din Shah about AH1289 (1872) as this is the first published dated medal by Rabino. The first issues were crudely struck in both silver and gold, later during his reign, the medals were...
Lot #1895 - World Coins asia and middle-east
ITALY:The Order of the Crown of Italy (Ordine della Corona d'Italia) 5th class Knight, 18K gold with white and blue enamel, choice EF.
The Order of the Crown of Italy was founded as a national order in 1868 by King Vittorio Emanuele II, to commemorate the unification of Italy in 1861. It was awarded in five degrees for civilian and military merit. Compared with the older Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, the Order of the Crown of...
Lot #1896 - World Coins asia and middle-east
ITALY: Victor Emmanuel III, 1900-1946, AR medal, 1912, Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Turkish War 1911-1912 (La medaglia commemorativa della guerra italo-turca 1911-1912) by L. Giorgi, bust of king right / inscription within wreath, with loop as made, VF. The Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Turkish War 1911-1912 was a medal instituted by Vittorio Emanuele III of Savoy on 21 November 1912 for all civilian personnel and Italian and...
Lot #1897 - World Coins asia and middle-east
EGYPT: Abbas II Hilmi Bey, Khedive, 1892-1914, AR medal, 1897, Khedive's Sudan Medal, Arabic monogram of Khedive Abbas Hilmi II, with the Arabic date AH1314 in the exergue / oval shield bearing three stars and crescents, before an array of crossed rifles, cannons and standards, with pin back marked Spink & Sons London, with new ribbon, miniature medal, EF, R. The Khedive's Sudan Medal was a campaign medal awarded by the Khedivate of...
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