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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 620

Brunei, Sultanate, The Most Distinguished Order of Merit, First Class set of Insignia, by Spink & Son, London 1st type, Collar Chain, comprising 14 medallions, 1100mm, silver-gilt and enamel, with Badge Appendant, 60mm, silver-gilt, silver and enamel; Star, 83mm, silver-gilt, silver and enamel, with gold retaining pin, with maker's cartouche to reverse, nearly extremely fine, in fitted leather case of issue, together with miniature award (3)

The Most Distinguished Order of Merit was established in February 1964 by Sultan Muda Haji 'Omar 'Ali Saif ud-din III, and awarded for meritorious service in 3 classes (Dato Paduka Sri Laila, Dato Laila Jasa, and Third class). This First Class set of insignia belongs to the pre-1984 '1st type', featuring two lions upon the Badge and Star. Following Brunei's official independence from Britain in 1984, the '2nd type' replaced lions with the Bruneian crown.


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