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SERBIA – ORDER OF SAINT SAVA, established in 1883.
See original version (French)
371
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SERBIA – ORDER OF SAINT SAVA, established in 1883.
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
SERBIA – ORDER OF SAINT SAVA, established in 1883. – SET OF GRAND CROSSES (1ST CLASS) OF THE 2ND TYPE? PRESUMED TO BELONG TO DA’UD EFFENDI MOLKO, FIRST ‘DRAGOMAN’ TRANSLATOR OF THE IMPERIAL DIVAN, comprising:
-A piece of jewellery of Austrian manufacture. In vermeil and enamel, depicting the saint in a red cloak. Hallmark 800, from Vienna and ‘GAS’
-Austrian-made sash with rosette.
-Plate,
in silver worked with a diamond point, re-drilled, vermeil and enamel. The centre is enamelled with the saint in a red cloak.
Reverse with a hinged clasp.
Hallmarks ‘GAS’, from the House of Scheid, and ‘A’.
100 mm – Gross weight: 107 g
Ready for dispatch.
Included is an officer’s star (4th class) in vermeil and enamel. The saint is depicted wearing a red cloak. Triangular ribbon mounted on a hook.
TTB. to SUP
Provenance: Da’ud Effendi Molko, then by descent
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
See original version (French)
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