Auction 29
AUCTION 29: MILITARY ORDERS, DECORATIONS, ARMS AND ARMOR
By HELIOS
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Nov 7, 2021
HELIOS AUCTIONS 1050 Second Avenue Gallery 52 New York, NY 10022 USA, United States
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Military orders, decorations, antique arms, and armor
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LOT 21:
ORDER OF PHILIP THE MAGNANIMOUS COMMANDER CLASS
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Sold for: $650
Start price:
$
550
Estimated price :
$700 - $850
Buyer's Premium: 27%
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ORDER OF PHILIP THE MAGNANIMOUS COMMANDER CLASS
Cased gilt and enamel Grand Duchy Hesse-Darmstadt Order Of Philip The Magnanimous, I Class Commander, Circa 1910. The obverse with a medallion bearing the leftward facing bust of Philip the Magnanimous in Gold, surrounded by a white enameled ring inscribed SI DEUS NOBISCUM QUIS CONTRA NOS (If God is with us, who is against us) in gold, the reverse with a medallion bearing a rampant lion in multi-colored enamels, surrounded by a ring of white enamels, inscribed LUDOVIUS III MAGN, DUX HASSIAE. Instituted on 1 May 1840 by Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse.
Dimensions: 2 x 2 in., (51 x 51 mm.)
