SINCONA Auction 25
Numismatic Rarities
Bid
| Starting price | 20,000 CHF |
| Result |
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Description
Miniature bar with five pending miniatures of awards -. The bar with the design of a Russian Sabre of St. George For Bravoury [?? ?????????], with St. George's porte-épée, gold, finest elaboration, enamels, with five (from the left to the right) miniature of awards:
1) France (Restoration - 1815-1830): Royal Order of the Legion of Honour [Ordre Royal de la Légion d'honneur], 4th model (1815-1830 - with portrait of Henry IV in the averse centre and three Fleur-de-lis in the reverse centre, surmounted by a crown with Fleur-de-lis), officer's decoration, gold and enamels, some enamel losses and cracks in the arms, reverse centre missing;
2) France (Restoration - 1815-1830): Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis [Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint Louis], knight's cross, gold, enamels, some enamel chipping, reverse centre missing;
3) France (Second Empire - 1852-1870): Medal of Saint Helena [Médaille de Sainte-Hélène] (1857), bronze;
4) Swiss Confederation: Medal for Merit TREUE UND EHRE - MDCCCXV [Médaille de Mérite FIDELITE ET HONNEUR - MDCCCXV] (also named Medal of Yverdon), gold and enamels;
5) France (Restoration - 1815-1830): Decoration of the Fleur-de-lis [Décoration du Lys], Silver.
With mounted combination ribbon for the miniature 1) to 4), with pin. 15.71 g. Very expressive miniature group in uncommon combination and therefore of highest rarity and in great condition. Uncirculated. Excellent conservation.
Details
The miniatures are pointing to a Swiss citizen, who at first had been in the military service of Napoleon I (1769-1821, reigned from 1804 until 1814 and in 1815), probably already as a commissioned officer. After the First Restoration in July 1814 he was taken over by the Royal Army of Louis XVIII, King of France and of Navarra (1755-1824, reigned from 1814 until 1815 and since 1815). During the Hundred Days after Napoleon's return, he remained loyal to the king and therefore received the French Decoration of the Fleur-de-lis and the Medal TREUE UND EHRE - MDCCCXV of the Swiss Confederation. Probably in connection with the advance of the Russian troops to Paris before the battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, respectively with the entry into the city, he might have been awarded by Emperor Alexander I (1777-1825, reigned since 1801) the Sabre of Saint George For Bravery. After the Second Restoration in July 1815 furthermore in French service, probably in higher ranks, he presumably received the knight's cross of the Order of Saint Louis and the Officer's decoration of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour. Some years after the accession to the throne of Napoleon III (1808-1872, reigned from 1852 until 1870), he received the Saint Helena-Medal, created in 1857 for all persons who had served from 1792 until 1815 in the armies of Napoleon I.