Persia, Pahlavi Dynasty. An Order of Homayoun, III Class by Bertrand with Case Auction Archive 1883 in Chester

1883 in Chester

it had to be broken up with hammers

The top of the shaft is inset with a carved Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

He subsequently proceeded to abolish the decrepit Ottoman Empire and proclaimed the foundation of the Turkish Republic in its place

on triangular ribbon

Persia, Pahlavi Dynasty. An Order of Homayoun, III Class by Bertrand with Case Auction Archive 1883 in Chester( ). Instituted in 1939. Three piece construction. In silver, a six point star with clusters of smooth rays, the obverse medallion features a rampant lion holding a sabre on a yellow field with a sun in the background against a blue sky, encircled by red and green rings, the reverse is marked ARTHUS BERTRAND, measures 67. 7 mm (w) x 77. 7 mm (h), suspended from a full length original neck ribbon via an intertwined suspension loop, enamels intact,