Auction Catalogue

31 March 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 404

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31 March 2010

Hammer Price:
£850

Sarawak, The Most Excellent Order of the Star of Sarawak, badge, 42 x 40mm., with obverse inscription, ‘Dum Spiro Spero’ (While I breathe, I hope), silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1946, by ‘WD&S’, n.r., good very fine, scarce £150-200

The Most Excellent Order of the Star of Sarawak was founded by Rajah Sir Charles Vyner Brooke on 26 September 1928. Aside from the Sovereign and Grand Master, the Order consisted of three classes: Master, Companion and Officer. The Order became obsolete in 1946 when the country was ceded to Britain as a Colony. Following independence as part of the Federation of Malaya in 1963, a new order under a similar name - The Most Illustrious Order of the Star of Sarawak was introduced in 1964. In 1988, this five class order was renamed and restricted to a single class as The Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak.