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JAPAN - ORDER OF THE SACRED TREASURY - PRESUMED 2nd CLASS (G…
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JAPAN - ORDER OF THE SACRED TREASURY - PRESUMED 2nd CLASS (G…
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
JAPAN - ORDER OF THE SACRED TREASURY - PRESUMED 2nd CLASS (GRAND OFFICER) SET BELONGING TO DA’UD EFFENDI MOLKO, FIRST ‘DRAGOMAN’ TRANSLATOR OF THE IMPERIAL DIVAN, comprising:
- Commander’s medal in vermeil, silver and enamel (one red circle missing). Plain reverse decorated with ideograms. Slightly bent mount.
The centre consists of several parts.
57 mm. Gross weight: 28.2 g.
-A Commander’s tie, unmounted; one clasp is missing.
-A Grand Cross sash in moiré with a round, pleated bow.
-A vermeil, silver and enamel plaque (a small chip on one arm featuring hair). The reverse is decorated with ideograms, featuring a swing pin and two hooks.
75 mm. Gross weight: 67 g
In good condition.
Provenance: Da’ud Effendi Molko, then passed down through the family
Biography:
Da’ud Effendi Molko (sometimes also referred to as Mollo or Molho).
Chief translator at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Da’ud was born in Thessaloniki in 1845. Coming from a modest background, his family moved to Constantinople whilst he was still a child, and he attended primary school at the Camondo Institute. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the age of 18 and rose to the post of chief translator during the reign of Sultan Abd al-Aziz, retaining this position when Abd al-Hamid II ascended the throne.
Da’ud was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nishan-i-Osmaniye, the Nishan-i-Medjidiye and the Nishan-i-Imtiaz, as well as the Persian Order of the Sun and the Lion. He was also a Commander of the Legion of Honour, a recipient of the Order of the Prussian Crown, and a Grand Cross of the Polar Star.
Biography from ‘Univers israélite’, 15 January 1897.
Expert: Arnaud de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
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