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Auction: 16003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 152

(x) Italy, Kingdom, Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Knight Grand Cross set of Insignia, Attributed to Abbas Hilmi I Pasha, Wali of Egypt and Sudan, sash Badge, 105mm including crown suspension x 65mm, gold, silver-gilt, and enamel, enamel damage to reverse lower arm of St. Maurice's cross and light cracking; Star, 85mm, silver, gold, and enamel, very fine, with full sash riband (2)

Abbas Hilmi I Pasha, (1812-1854), was born at Jeddah, a grandson of Muhammed Ali of Egypt. He succeeded his uncle as Wali of Egypt and Sudan in 1848, giving the Sultan of Turkey use of his fleet and 15,000 men during the Crimean War. In his personal life his interest in the breeding of Arabian horses, in which he continued to build on the work of his grandfather. Wali Pasha was murdered by two servants at the Banha Palace in July 1854.

PROVENANCE: King Farouk Auction, 1953
Christie, 1991.

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