Baldwin & Sons
Auction 90 24 September 2014
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, WORLD MEDALS, France, Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715), The revival of the Royal, Military and Hospitaller Order of [Our Lady of Mount Carmel and] St Lazarus of Jerusalem, Silver Medal, 1672, by Jacques Nilis, laureate bust of the King right, rev knight in full armour on prancing horse to right, holds shield of Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, ORDO MILIT S LAZARI ..., 45.5mm. Extremely fine, some slight abrasions above the horseman's shield, very rare.
An order of chivalry, the Order of St Lazarus was originally founded by the crusaders at a leper hospital just before 1100, probably to treat those knights who suffered from leprosy. In later years the Order emerged with two distinct branches, that of the House of Savoy and the French Order. The medal commemorates the canonical acceptance of the Order on 5 June 1668, by a bull issued by Cardinal Legate de Vendôme under the Papal authority of Clement IX.
Estimate: £1200-1500
An order of chivalry, the Order of St Lazarus was originally founded by the crusaders at a leper hospital just before 1100, probably to treat those knights who suffered from leprosy. In later years the Order emerged with two distinct branches, that of the House of Savoy and the French Order. The medal commemorates the canonical acceptance of the Order on 5 June 1668, by a bull issued by Cardinal Legate de Vendôme under the Papal authority of Clement IX.
Estimate: £1200-1500