Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
August 2015 Hong Kong Auction - Sess. A-D 24-26 August 2015
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CHINA. Order of the Brilliant Star Second Class Set, ND (Instituted 1941).
Barac-466-467; Li-pg. 120-121. 2 pieces in set. Includes a 90 mm Breast Star with eight pointed faceted gilt silver plaque upon which has been superimposed an additional gold-rimmed white enamel plaque. The central medallion is dark blue with a gold-rimmed white star surrounded by an ornamented gilt band from which eight blue and eight red blunt rays project. There are two gilt stars on the upper rays. The reverse bears a single hinged and latched tunic pin, the mechanism of which is slightly damaged, but functional. There are two curved bands of inscriptions on the reverse as well as the number 801. The white enamel shows some cracking and there are three small areas of enamel loss evident on the rays. The 75 mm Sash Badge is similar, but smaller, and suspended by a loop. The reverse inscriptions and number are the same. Minor cracks are evident in the white enamel, but there is no enamel loss. Other than the described enamel problems, the pair grade EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00
Barac-466-467; Li-pg. 120-121. 2 pieces in set. Includes a 90 mm Breast Star with eight pointed faceted gilt silver plaque upon which has been superimposed an additional gold-rimmed white enamel plaque. The central medallion is dark blue with a gold-rimmed white star surrounded by an ornamented gilt band from which eight blue and eight red blunt rays project. There are two gilt stars on the upper rays. The reverse bears a single hinged and latched tunic pin, the mechanism of which is slightly damaged, but functional. There are two curved bands of inscriptions on the reverse as well as the number 801. The white enamel shows some cracking and there are three small areas of enamel loss evident on the rays. The 75 mm Sash Badge is similar, but smaller, and suspended by a loop. The reverse inscriptions and number are the same. Minor cracks are evident in the white enamel, but there is no enamel loss. Other than the described enamel problems, the pair grade EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $1000.00- $1500.00