Austria-Hungary A Royal Hungarian St. Stephen's Order to a French General

[Elmar Lang]

Hello,

During San Giorgio's sale of Orders & Decorations of June 11th, 2011, the complete group of the Royal Hungarian St. Stephen's Order awarded in 1867 to General Edgar Napoléon Ney (1812 - 1882), reached the record price of 40.000,- Euro (start at 7.000,-). Since in my opinion it will pass much time, until it will possibly appear again on the market, after having been kindly authorized by the buyer, I would like to post here some good pictures of the group.

It is interesting to note that the sash badge is of the transitional type as awarded in 19th Century; in other words, a cross from 18th Century with the one-sided crown transformed from being a ribbon "buckle" to a suspension, after having the rear loops removed and changed with a long ribbon-ring with a link connected to the cross's upper loop (pictures shall say much more than my poor English); the breast star is typical of the type awarded between 1860-80. Having the order been awarded in 1867 there are silver marks introduced in Austria that year.

Edited June 14, 2011 by Elmar Lang

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Sash badge, obverse:

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Sash badge, reverse, with detail of suspension system on the concave reverse of the St. Stephen's crown:

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The breast star:

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A detail of the star's centre medallion:

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Marks on the star's pin:

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Marks on the star's reverse centre medallion:

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

was it all his medals on the auction or just these?

Best

Chris

[Elmar Lang]

Hello,

there was only this one from Gen. Ney's orders. The group was dispersed years ago.

Best wishes,

Elmar Lang

Edited June 14, 2011 by Elmar Lang