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PERSIA – ORDER OF THE LION AND THE SUN
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PERSIA – ORDER OF THE LION AND THE SUN
See original version (French)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
PERSIA – ORDER OF THE LION AND THE SUN
Grand Officer’s set belonging to General Henri Pierre JULLIEN (1861–1918)
Comprising:
- Commander’s Cross in silver, worked with diamond-shaped points, centre painted with the lion and the sun. Five green enamelled rays are missing. Fragment of a ribbon.
80 x 72 mm – Gross weight: 40 g.
- Grand Officer’s plaque, in silver with diamond-pointed edges (one arm broken but complete), with seven enamelled rays (chipped). Reverse with a swivel clasp and two hooks.
67 mm – Gross weight: 48 g.
Very good condition.
History:
This insignia was worn as part of an impressive set of four Commander’s insignia, visible in portraits of the general.
Order of the Lion and the Sun, Grand Officer’s set of General Henri Pierre Jullien
Provenance: - General Henri Pierre Jullien (1861–1918);
- Subsequently passed down through the family.
See original version (French)
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