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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 1420

Venezuela, Republic, Order of the Liberator, First Class set of Insignia, by Joyerias Unidas, comprising sash Badge, 47mm, gilt and enamel; Star, 84mm, silver, gilt and enamel, good very fine, with full sash riband, two boutenierres and in case of issue (2)

Provenance: Spink, April 2006, Lot 173.

Awarded to Monsiuer Jacques Couve de Murville, Prime Minister of France. Born at Reims on 24 January 1907, de Murville initially served as Ambassador after the Second World War. Made Minister for Foreign Affairs be de Gaulle in 1958, he was appointed Finance Minister in May 1968 and Prime Minister in July 1968. He resigned, together with de Gaulle, in June 1969; sold together with a cased miniature Badge of the Order.

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£140