Auction Catalogue

1 December 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 414

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1 December 2010

Hammer Price:
£1,400

The Sovereign and Illustrious Order of St. John of Jerusalem: Anglia, an attractive breast badge of a Knight of Justice, of the period 1858-72, probably by Phillips Bros. & Sons, Cockspur St., London, 68mm x 40mm., gold and enamelled both sides, embellished in the angles with uniface unicorns and crowned lions, with a high relief crown hinged to the two uppermost points, this surmounted by an orb bearing an eight-pointed star and with a ‘rope’ ring suspension, crown reverse lightly inscribed, ‘1718’, with black ribbon and rosette and a gold stick-pin for attachment, extremely fine and rare £700-800