Sweden – Order of the North Star, Comander I class
kr 8,500.00
In stock
Description
The Royal Order of the North Star was created by King Frederick I of Sweden on 23 February 1748. The Order was awarded to Swedish and foreigners for “civic merits, for devotion to duty, for science, literary, learned and useful works and for new and beneficial institutions”.
Mostly to meritorious civil servants. White enamel ball-tipped gilt Maltese cross with Swedish crowns between the arms, on crown suspension; the face with a deep blue enamel central medallion bearing a five-pointed white enamel star with gilt outline and inscribed ‘NESCIT OCCASUM’ (It knows no decline). The reverse identical to the face and on original ribbon mounted for wear. The star is a two-piece construction, die-stamped silver, vertical pinback.
On the hinge of the pin hall stamped with C.F.C (Carl Fredric Carlman) and O9 for the year 1964. Comes in original case with the logo of the court jeweler Carlman inside the lid.
