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Auction: 17003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 114

(x) Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Charity, First Class breast Star, 75mm, gold, silver, enamel and enhanced with a multitude of rough-cut paste stones, lower set section with repair to reverse, minor enamel damage, nearly very fine

The Turkish Order of Charity (Shefkat Nishani) was founded in 1878 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. It was awarded to ladies of society and the harem for distinguished services to charity, or as a token of the Sultan's esteem.

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£3,000