Catalog - SINCONA Auction 67

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Decoration for Gratitude in Sporting Achievements [Nishan-i-Sepas-Varzeshi]. 3rd-class decoration, bronze and enamels, with its original breast ribbon with pin. YOU page 397 ff.
Selten / Rare. Gutes sehr schön / Good very fine.
(~€ 25/USD 25)
It is not known when the three-class decoration has been established.

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Post, Telegraph and Telephone Ministry Decoration. 2nd-class decoration, Silver partly gilt, and enamels, with breast ribbon. YOU page 236 f.
Sehr selten / Very rare. Gutes sehr schön / Good very fine.
(~€ 25/USD 25)
This ministerial decoration, consisting of Supreme grade 1st and 2nd class, 1st to 3rd class and two-class (Gold and Silver) Medal, has been established in AJ 1334 [AD 1955].

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Miniatures of four different awards: 1) Silver medal of the Order of Homayoun, silver; 2) Decoration for Military Merit [Nishan-i-Liyaghat], 3rd class, bronze and enamels; 3) Order of Glory [Nishan-i-Iftikhar], 2nd class, silver and enamels; 4) Decoration for Police Effort [Nishan-i-Koushsh], 3rd class, bronze and enamels. All four with the correct ribbons.
Gutes sehr schön / Good very fine. (4)
(~€ 70/USD 80)

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Commemorative medal with a youth portrait of Ahmad Shah Qajar, dated „1347“. Diam. 22.7 mm, bronze, without ribbon ring and ribbon.
Gutes sehr schön / Good very fine.
(~€ 10/USD 10)
Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898-1930, reigned from 1909 until 1925), 3rd son of his predecessor Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872-1925, reigned from 1907 until 1909) came to the throne aged only eleven, after his father had been deposed on July 16, 1909, by rebels seeking to restore the the empire’s 1906 constitution. The Grand Majles of 500 delegates placed him on the throne. Due to his young age, his uncle, Ali Reza Khan Azod al-Molk (1847-1910), governed as regent. Ahmad Shah was formally crowned on 21 July 1914, upon reaching his majority. On 21 February 1921, Ahmad Shah was pushed aside in a military coup by Colonel Reza Khan (1878-1944, reigned as Shahanshah from 1925 until 1941), Minister of War and commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade, who subsequently seized the post of Prime Minister. Ahmad Shah was formally deposed on 31 October 1925, when Reza Khan was proclaimed Shah by the Majlis, as Reza Shah Pahlavi. This terminated the Qajar Dynasty.

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The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant. 2nd model (1873-1941), Knight Commander or 2nd-class set of insignia, 2nd edition (since 1889), probably Thai hollow manufacturing, consisting of: neck decoration, silver gilt and enamels, with enamel repairs, with old conditioned neck ribbon, and breast star, silver partly brillanté, partly gilt, and enamels, with slight enamel repairs, with pin, in its original, slightly damaged red case with golden imprinted royal cipher. BWK4 127, 128.
Selten / Rare. Gutes sehr schön / Good very fine. (2)
(~€ 1’400/USD 1’650)
The originally four-class (1st to 4th class) order for civil and military merit was instituted by King Mongkut (Rama IV - 1804-1863, reigned since 1851) in 1869 (1st model), basing on the 1861 office insignia [„Dhara Airapot“ resp. „Dhara Chang Pheuak“] which only can be considered as precursors of the order. In 1873, by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V „The Great“ - 1853-1910, reigned since 1868), the insignia of the order received a more modern design, and a 5th class was added. In 1889, the badge of the 2nd class was changed from an 4th-class (Officer’s) decoration two a 3rd-class (Commander’s) decoration.

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The Royal Order of King Tupou I [Ko e Fakalangilangi ‘o Kingi Sia’osi Topou I]. Knight Grand Commander or Knight Grand Cross breast star (with four crowns), diam. 93.2 x 92.9 mm, European manufacturing, silver partly gilt, brillanté and repercé, and enamels, with pin.
Äusserst selten / Extremely rare. Gutes sehr schön / Good very fine.
(~€ 6’540/USD 7’690)
The three-class (Knight Grand Commander or Knight Grand Cross, Knight Commander and Companion) order for general merit was instituted by King George Tupou I [Siaosi Tâufa’âhau I] of Tonga (1797-1893, reigned since 1845, crowned 1875) between 1876 and 1882. From an unknown date the order by some authors is said to be dormant, but the insignia are still worn by some reigning sovereins. In 2008, King George Tupou V [Siaosi Tâufa’âhau Manumataongo Tu-ku’aho Tupou V] of Tonga (1948-2012, reigned since 2006) abolished the two lower classes of the order.