Catalog - Auction 70 - Day 1

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Commemorative Medal of the 1914 - 1918 War, 1919
Breast Badge, 48x30 mm, Bronze, original suspension ring and ribbon with 4 bars. Extremely fine! I

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National Union of Veterans of the Army (UNAA) Medal, 2nd WW.
Knight's Cross. Breast Badge, 36x32 mm, silvered, enameled, original suspension ring and ribbon. Mint condition! I

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Commemorative Medal of the National Comity �M�daille du Haricot�, 1919
4th Class. Breast Badge, 40x34 mm, Bronze, original suspension ring and ribbon. Mint state! I "

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King Leopold II 40 Year Commemorative Medal, 1909
Breast Badge, 39x32 mm, gilt Bronze, original suspension ring and ribbon. Extremely fine! I

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WW I Commemorative Medal of Queen Elisabeth, 1914 - 1916
Breast Badge, 46x36 mm, Bronze, original suspension ring and ribbon. Extremely fine, elegant and rare! I R!

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Work and Progress Medal
Breast Badge, 57x30 mm, gilt Bronze, original suspension ring and ribbon. Mint condition!

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Work and Progress Medal
Breast Badge Miniature, 25x15 mm, gilt Bronze, original suspension ring and ribbon. Mint condition!

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BELGIAN INDEPENDENCE CENTENARY MEDAL 1830 - 1930
Breast Badge, 41x33 mm, silvered Metal, original suspension ring and ribbon. Extremely fine! I

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Fraternal Association Veterans Medal
Breast Badge, 17x15 mm, Silver, original suspension bar, ring and ribbon with 2 bars. A scarce miniature, in extremely fine condition! I R!

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Lourdes Pilgrimage Medal, 1950
Breast Badge, 38x30 mm, gilt and enameled Bronze, maker's mark "JOS. EVRARD, LIEGE", original suspension ring and ribbon. Extremely fine condition! I

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Order of the Black Star
Officer's Cross, instituted in 1889. Breast Badge, 60x37 mm,, gilt Silver, both sides enameled, original suspension ring and ribbon with rosette. Almost extremely fine condition! I-

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Order of Don Pedro I
Grand Cross Star, instituted in 1826. Breast Star, 84x70 mm., gilt Silver, French hallmarks, with smooth, faceted rays, the centre, with five-pointed, white enameled star, with pomed tips, white enameled centre medallion with a dragon similar to the order�s badge, within green enameled outer circlet bearing the golden inscription �FUNDADOR DO IMPERIO DO BRAZIL� and golden laurel leaves, jointed by a stylized rose, upper, enameled Imperial crown, reverse, fitted with vertical, round pin. An extremely rare star of the highest class of this curiously designed Imperial order, vaguely inspired by the Napoleonic Order of the Iron Crown, in the finest manufacture and bearing a beautiful patina; excellent condition. I RR!

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Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
Grand Cross Set. Sash Badge, 90 mm., GOLD, white enameled 5-armed gold cross with ball-finials, flanked by light green enameled olive and dark green enameled laurel wreath, centre medallion in gold with the embossed bust in uniform of the Emperor Pedro I in uniform on polished ground; dark-blue enameled outer circlet with golden inscription �PETRUS I BRAS. IMPERATOR D.�, sky-blue enameled reverse centre medallion, with a cross of white enameled, tiny five-pointed stars, dark blue enameled outer circlet with golden inscription �BENEMERENTIUM PR�MIUM� and a rosette below, the upper arm, with hinged, Brazilian Imperial crown in gold with chiseled details, �stirrup� link-ring soldered to the tapering, polished suspension ring and a length of the original, silk, sash ribbon. Breast Star, 80x65 mm., GOLD, with five, gold-bordered, white enameled arms flanked by polished, golden beams; sky-blue enameled centre medallion, with a cross of silver, tiny five-pointed stars, dark blue enameled outer circlet with golden inscription �BENEMERENTIUM PR�MIUM� and a rosette with stylized leaves below, the upper arm with superimposed, Brazilian Imperial crown with engraved and chiseled details, the reverse, fitted with vertical pin. A beautiful, very rare set of this Order, excellent condition. I RR!

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Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
Grand Cross Star. Breast Star, 87x65 mm., GOLD, with five, gold-bordered arms, flanked by polished, golden beams; sky-blue enameled centre medallion, with a cross of silver, tiny five-pointed stars, dark blue enameled outer circlet with golden inscription �BENEMERENTIUM PR�MIUM� and three rosettes with stylized leaves, the upper arm with superimposed, Brazilian Imperial crown with engraved and chiseled details, the reverse, fitted with vertical pin. A beautiful, old, spectacular and very rare star of this Order, excellent condition. I RR!

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Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
Grand Cross Star, instituted in 1822. Breast Star, in gilt Bronze and enamel, on reverse maker`s mark "La Royale Rio, BRASIL", long vertical pin. Provenance: The President of the Republic of Portugal, Admiral Americo Thomaz (1894-1987), together with a commemorative bronze table medal of his trip to Brazil in 1972, in original case of issue. Dim.: the star, 77,0 mm, the table medal, 80,0 mm. Rare and intersting provenance! I R!

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Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
Officer�s Cross of Reduced Size. Breast Badge, 37x22 mm, GOLD, 4.1 g, enameled, original suspension crown, ring and ribbon. A superb old 19th century badge, in extremely fine condition! I-

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Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
Officer�s Cross Miniature. Breast Badge, 23x15 mm, gilt Silver, one-side enameled, original suspension wreath, ring and ribbon. An extremely fine badge, in mint condition! I

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Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
Knight�s Cross. Breast Badge, 60x44 mm, gilt Silver, enameled, reverse center missing, original suspension wreath, ring and ribbon with button hole rosette. A fine badge, in very fine condition! IV

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Imperial Order of the Southern Cross
Knight�s Cross of Reduced size. Breast Badge, 25x16 mm, GOLD, g., and enamels, original suspen- sion crown and ribbon. A very rare and superb early 19th Century badge, in extremely fine condition! I R!