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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 787

Iraq, Monarchy in Exile, Order of the Hashemite Crown, Grand Cross set of Insignia, by Royal Insignia, Singapore, comprising sash Badge, 102mm x 82mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker's cartouche to reverse; breast Star, 92mm, silver-gilt and enamel, maker's cartouche to reverse, hairline cracks to white and pink enamel, very fine, scarce, housed in velvet-lined, fitted leather case of issue

King Faisal II of Iraq was deposed and executed in a bloody coup on 14 July 1958, ending 37 years of Hashemite rule. Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein, his first cousin and the legitimate heir, vowed to restore the monarchy after the fall of Saddam Hussein in March 2003. He commissioned this attractive insignia, designed by Philip Eagleton, but the Hashemite restoration never transpired. Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein continues to lead Iraq's Constitutional Monarchy Movement.

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Sold for
£2,000

Starting price
£1800