Catalog - SINCONA Auction 85

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Medal for Military Bravery and Exemplary Service in the Battle. Noghreh-grade silver medal (Silver) Not intended to be worn. BWK3 50. NGC AU Details. Reverse slightly tooled.

From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 337.
Bought from S. Ahghari, San Jose, 1991.

Important note:
Certain countries (among them the USA) currently impose import restrictions on coins and medals originating from what is now the present territory of Iran. To still allow collectors, dealers, museums and other interested parties who might be affected by these regulations to actively participate in the auction and acquire these magnificent pieces for their collection, SINCONA offers to store the auctioned pieces safely and covered by our insurance in our vaults until the customer specifies the shipping location or picks them up personally. This unique and exclusive service, including the specific insurance, is free of charge for our auction buyers.

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Medal for Military Bravery and Exemplary Service in the Battle. Noghreh-grade silver medal (Silver) 2nd edition with laurel wreath on the obverse. Mounted to be worn. Without ribbon. BWK3 53. NGC UNC Details. Cleaned.

From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 342.
Bought from S. Ahghari, San Jose, 1994.

Important note:
Certain countries (among them the USA) currently impose import restrictions on coins and medals originating from what is now the present territory of Iran. To still allow collectors, dealers, museums and other interested parties who might be affected by these regulations to actively participate in the auction and acquire these magnificent pieces for their collection, SINCONA offers to store the auctioned pieces safely and covered by our insurance in our vaults until the customer specifies the shipping location or picks them up personally. This unique and exclusive service, including the specific insurance, is free of charge for our auction buyers.

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Order of the Light. Gold medal (Silver gilt) [Nishan-i-Homayun] (1935), 1st-class-medal (for service to the crown). On the reverse dated 1304 SH (1925/1926 AD). With suspension loop. No ribbon ring or ribbon. BWK3 112. NGC MS63. Magnificent condition.

From the Kian collection, auction SINCONA 49, October 2018, lot 341.

The five-class (1st to 5th class) Order of Light for Civil and Military Merit with attached three-class (1st to 3rd class) Medal of Merit was instituted in accordance with the classes of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour [Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur] by Reza Shah Pahlevi (1878-1944, reigned from 1925 to 1941) on 15 February 1935. The Order replaced the abolished Order of the Sun and the Lion (Nishan-i-Shir-u-Khorshid). The medals are worn on a green ribbon. With the overthrow of the monarchy in the 1979 Iranian Revolution, this Order disappeared like all other imperial orders of chivalry, decorations and medals

Finest certified by NGC.

Important note:
Certain countries (among them the USA) currently impose import restrictions on coins and medals originating from what is now the present territory of Iran. To still allow collectors, dealers, museums and other interested parties who might be affected by these regulations to actively participate in the auction and acquire these magnificent pieces for their collection, SINCONA offers to store the auctioned pieces safely and covered by our insurance in our vaults until the customer specifies the shipping location or picks them up personally. This unique and exclusive service, including the specific insurance, is free of charge for our auction buyers.