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PICHON & NOUDEL-DENIAU, Commissaires-Priseurs
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SWEDEN – ORDER OF VASA,
See original version (French)
375
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SWEDEN – ORDER OF VASA,
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
SWEDEN – ORDER OF VASA,
GRAND OFFICER’S BADGE BELIEVED TO HAVE BELONGED TO DA’UD EFFENDI MOLKO, THE FIRST ‘DRAGOMAN’ TRANSLATOR OF THE IMPERIAL DIVAN
In silver, worked with openwork diamond-shaped points; fastened with a spring-loaded pin. 79 mm. Net weight: 51.3 g
Late 19th century, early 20th century.
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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