French, Colonial. An Order Of The Black Star, Grand Officer Miniature In Gold And Diamonds, Archive black typewriter face copy

black typewriter face copy

both in extremely fine condition

Two Income Tax cards

Knauer was the official “Hofjuwlier” to the Grand Duke of Oldenburg from 1903 to 1918

He attended the Torpedo School at HMS Vernon in Portsmouth on June 10

French, Colonial. An Order Of The Black Star, Grand Officer Miniature In Gold And Diamonds, Archive black typewriter face copy(Ordre de l'toile Noire). Instituted in 1892 by Toffa, King of Porto Novo. Of superb French manufacture, consisting of an exquisitely enameled blue framed Maltese Cross composed of genuines finely cut diamond in its arms, featuring sets of multiple Gold rays with superposed genuines diamonds in each quadrant, with obverse centre exhibiting a finely enameled black five pointed star, plain reverse, suspended by a beautifully enameled green laurel wreath