Sale 4517
London
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30 April 1991
Price realised
GBP 2,500
Estimate
ETHIOPIA, Order of the Star, an extremely rare "Special Class" Grand Cross set of insignia worked entirely in gold, total weight 5.24 oz. troy, Badge, 105 mm. x 75 mm., set with four garnets; Star, 76 mm., set with five coloured pastes, the set extremely fine, with half sash-riband (2)
Provenance
From the collection of Abbas II Hilmi, last Khedive of Egypt
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