Order of the Star 3rd Grade Afghanistan

[nickstrenk]

I went through the division very dilligently but I was not able to find any topics about the Afghani awards.Nobody collects them,nobody is not interested in them?Despite of the fact  Come and meet.

Dimension of the etue 15,2cmx 15,2cm

Weight of order with the etue 354 gr.Etue only 262 gr.Weight of the star 92 gr.

Star dimension 8 cm.

Diameter of gold circle  3 cm.

Dimension of the Decree 20x30cm.Probably it was in the hard cover.I have mine in the tube.

Order is made from Ag 925,cicle in from Au 585.Order was produced in West Germany Deschler und Sohn, München

Translation of the Decree

Order was bestowed on the Czechoslovak Engineer Sirotny in 23.5. 1967 by the Calendar khdzhry 2.3. 1346 for the building of the factory in Poly-Chakhri.

signature Muhammad Zaher Shah

[oamotme]

Nick,

Lovely to get a cased example with a certificate - well done.

Owain

[oamotme]

PS This topic should be in the South Asia forum.

[nickstrenk]

Thanks for help,really I found there a lot of Afghani topics.

[nickstrenk]

Having some more time I took 2 snaps.First for comparisom ,second The reverse notice the mark of Ag 925 in the needle.