Auction Catalogue

5 July 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 424

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5 July 2011

Hammer Price:
£2,400

The scion of an ancient family in the Austrian Tyrol, where the Arcos were first registered as nobility in 1361, Johann Maximilian was born in April 1806. The owner of vast estates and art treasures, he served as a Royal Chamberlain and Privy Counsellor of Bavaria, gaining appointment as a Grand Commander of the Order of St. George in April 1850 and as High Chancellor of the Order in 1866, which latter office he occupied until his death in Venice in December 1875. And he was awarded his Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael by King Ludwig II in April 1869, after leading a special delegation to Rome to mark the 50th anniversary of Pope Pius IX’s ordination.

Austria, Badge of Tyrolean Nobility, 1806 type neck badge, 64 x 30mm., gold and enamel, unmarked, minor enamel damage, very fine £800-1000