SINCONA AG
Auction 67 20 Oct 2020
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EUROPEAN ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS. TURKEY, OTTOMAN EMPIRE (UNTIL 1923).
Order of Charity [Nişan-ı Şefkat]. 2nd-class badge, manufacturing of the Imperial Ottman Mint [Darphâne-i Âmire] in Constantinople from the reign of Sultan Mehmed V Reshad (1844-1918, reigned since 1909), gold and enamels, set à jour with about 101 white and small pink old and rose cut diamonds and diamond shards (checked!), some few missing, with original bow and pin. Together with the original firman for Mrs Nikolai at Moda, several times folded, with damaged original addressed envelope. BWK4 202.
Selten / Rare. Gutes sehr schön / Good very fine.
(~€ 4'675/USD 5'495)
The three-class (1st to 3rd class) Order for Charity [Nişanı Şefkat] was established by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. (1842-1918, reigned from 1876 until 1909) and reserved to women, only the 3rd class could also conferred as a commander's decoration to gentlemen. The order was conferred until the end of the Sultanate in 1922.
Order of Charity [Nişan-ı Şefkat]. 2nd-class badge, manufacturing of the Imperial Ottman Mint [Darphâne-i Âmire] in Constantinople from the reign of Sultan Mehmed V Reshad (1844-1918, reigned since 1909), gold and enamels, set à jour with about 101 white and small pink old and rose cut diamonds and diamond shards (checked!), some few missing, with original bow and pin. Together with the original firman for Mrs Nikolai at Moda, several times folded, with damaged original addressed envelope. BWK4 202.
Selten / Rare. Gutes sehr schön / Good very fine.
(~€ 4'675/USD 5'495)
The three-class (1st to 3rd class) Order for Charity [Nişanı Şefkat] was established by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. (1842-1918, reigned from 1876 until 1909) and reserved to women, only the 3rd class could also conferred as a commander's decoration to gentlemen. The order was conferred until the end of the Sultanate in 1922.