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Auction: 3016 - Orders, Medals, Decorations & Militaria
Lot: 472

Turkey, Nichan Al Imtiaz (c.1905), a complete set of insignia of the hignest rarity, sash Badge, 63mm., neck Badge, 59.5mm. (both excluding suspension), Star, 98mm. gold and enamel, the centres set with rock crystals, the roses in angles of the points also set with crystals, tip of retaining pin broken, otherwise extremely fine, with full sash riband, in velvet covered case of issue with Imperial Ottoman arms on lid, together with the original Turkish Warrant for the Order

The Order of Nichan Al Imtiaz was founded by Abdul Hamid II in A.H.1295 (1879 A.D.) as the Ottoman Empire's highest Order. It came in one class and became obsolete on the abolition of the Sultanate in 1922.

Provenance
From the Collection of King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (1861-1948)
Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1998, lot 262


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Sold for
£16,000