persian awards and decorations

Gold, silver, enamel. Size 56 x 44 mm. Weight 8 g.

5th class order. Silver, enamel. Size 63 х 49 mm. Specimen from the collection of Hermitage, St. Petersburg.

"Diamond" 2nd class breast star from 1899-1908 time period. Silver, gold, strass stones, enamel. Size 78 mm. Marked with St. Petersburg assay office round silver control mark "female head in a kokoshnik to the right, dot under the chin" and maker's mark "ДО/DO" for Dmitry Osipov workshop...

Fokin Petr Aleksandrovich /Фокин Петр Александрович/ was a hereditary honorary citizen, merchant of the 2nd guild, “master of military officer items.” Since 1875 - supplier to the Court of His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich, and since 1881 - supplier to the Court of His...

M. J. Goudsmit firm was founded in 1830 and later became an official medal supplier of the Dutch Royal Court and the Dutch Chancellery of Orders. 3rd class badge. Silver, enamel. Size 60 mm.

Silver, gilt, enamel. Badge height 100 mm. Louvre collection. Breast star.

See https://asiamedals.info/threads/order-of-saint-alexander-nevsky-from-the-collection-of-church-of-our-lady-of-the-rocks-in-montenegro.27575/ Very early specimen made in gold and encrusted with precious stones.

Silver, gilt, enamel. Size 85.5 x 55 mm. Almost identical badge that belong to Marshal Pierre François Joseph Bosquet https://asiamedals.info/threads/1st-class-order-of-the-lion-and-sun-of-marshal-pierre-francois-joseph-bosquet.27477/

See also index thread devoted to Talleyrand awards https://asiamedals.info/threads/order-of-saint-andrew-the-first-called-awarded-in-1807-to-charles-maurice-de-talleyrand-perigord.25787/ Silver, gold, enamel. Size 90 x 55 mm. Collection of Château de Valençay.

Superb set that was awarded in 1828 by the Shah of Persia to Sir John Kinneir Macdonald in recognition of his service in arranging the indemnity and peace treaty between Persia and Russia that year. Gold, translucent and opaque enamels. Badge size 80 x 90 mm. Collar size 356 x 254 mm. Made by...

Exceptionally early set.

Very early set with badge of the order still in medallion form. Medallion. Silver, gilt enamel. Size 84 x 55 mm. Weight 76 g. Breast star. Silver, gilt, enamel. Size 77 mm. Weight 70 g.

Rare German manufacturer of Persian orders. 3rd class badge. Silver, enamel.

- Fayolle. The firm of Louis Fayolle in Paris emerged in about 1845 from the firm of Mme. Fontaine; both houses were specialised in jewellery in imitation gold and diamonds (strass), since at least 1850 also in French and foreign orders. He republished the book Ordres de Chevalerie by A.-M...

1st class full set. Silver, enamel. Sash badge size 72 mm. Breast star size 88 mm. Classical iconography of Saniolmamalek-made orders. Sash. Original case. Saniolmamalek, Téhéran.

In 1866, Francois-Victor Boullanger began selling orders from his newly opened shop in Paris. While he referred to himself as the "fabricant d'ordres francais et etrangers" they made very few orders. Instead, they sold the insignia of Lemaitre. In 1899, the enterprise continued under the name...

Diamond-cut Russian-made breast star in silver has a well-painted medallion with a very unhappy lion. Silver, gold, colored strass-stones, enamel. Size 84 mm.

History of workshop https://asiamedals.info/threads/imperial-russian-orders-made-by-ouizille-lemoine-paris.23589/

Gold, enamel, diamonds, rubies, garnets and green glass. Size 74 mm.

Silver, gold, enamel. Size 80 х 79 mm. Weight 45.88 g. Marked PL https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-of-st-anne-manufactured-by-pl-workshop.25624/