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World Orders and Decorations (Germany, Europe, Overseas, Lots 4501-4599)

ORDEN, EHRENZEICHEN UND MEDAILLEN AUS ÜBERSEE INDIEN, FÜRSTENTUM KAPURTHALA

Lot 4533

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Order of Glory [Nishan-i-Iftekhar]. Officer’s decoration, silver gilt and enamels, damages in the blue and white enamels, with wrong ribbon without rosette. BWK 273.
Sehr selten / Very rare. Gutes schön / Good fine.
(~€ 280/USD 330)
The original three-class (1st to 3rd class) order for civil and military merit was established before 1899 by Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur GCSI GCIE GBE (1872-1949, reigned from 1877/1890 until 1911 as Raja, then as Maharaja until 1947), Maharaja of Kapurthala (today the district of Karpurthala in the Federal State of Punjab in the North of India). From an unknown date on there also was created an officer’s decoration. It is not known whether the order is still awarded as a family order or if the bestowals ended with the abolition of monarchy in India in 1947.