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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 754

(x) Slovakia, Republic, Order of Prince Pribina, Grand Cross set of Insignia, sash Badge, 70mm including triple log and national tricolor suspension x 55mm, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmark to suspension loop; Star, 90mm, silver-gilt, silver and enamel, hallmark to retaining pin, nearly extremely fine and rare, with full sash riband and in case of issue (2)

The Order of Pribina was established on 8 April 1940 and named in honour of the Slavic Prince and national hero. The Order was only in existence for 4 years and is excessively rare in any class. Born in 800, Pribina established the Principality of Nitra and built the first Christian church in the region atop the mountain. Having ruled from 846, he was killed in battle with the Moravians in 861.

The emblems of Slovakia incorporated in the medallions are the double Christian cross above the three hills of Slovakia, these representing Tatra, Matra and Fatra.

Sandrik were founded in 1895, although silver mining had taken place on the site since 1752. The firm was named after Johanes Sandrik, in whose land the businessman Robert Burks mined the silver. Having exhibited at the Paris Exhibition of 1900, the workshop grew under the silversmith Jan Peterka, a graduate of the Vienna Art School. Re-opened after the Velvet Revolution, today it operates under the name Berndorf Sandrik (Modern Art of Metallwork, by von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk and Kanowski, refers).

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