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374 - SWEDEN - ORDER OF THE POLAR STAR - GRAND CROSS SET BELONGING TO DA'UD EFFENDI MOLKO, FIRST "DRAGOMAN" TRANSLATOR OF THE IMPERIAL DIVAN
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SWEDEN - ORDER OF THE POLAR STAR - GRAND CROSS SET BELONGING TO DA'UD EFFENDI MOLKO, FIRST "DRAGOMAN" TRANSLATOR OF THE IMPERIAL DIVAN -Made of gold (18K) and enamel. Minor manufacturing flaw on one inscription. 79 x 60 mm. Gross weight: 29.46 g Very Good Condition. -Silver plate with diamond-pointed, ornate arms. Reverse side features a hinged clasp. 83 mm. Net weight: 61.5 Very Good Condition. Superior. Provenance: Da’ud Effendi Molko, then by descent Biography: Da’ud Effendi Molko (sometimes also referred to as Mollo or Molho). Chief translator at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Da’ud was born in Thessaloniki in 1845. Coming from a modest background, his family moved to Constantinople while he was still a child, and he attended elementary school at the Camondo Institute. He entered the service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the age of 18, rose to the position of chief translator during the reign of Sultan Abd al-Aziz, and retained that position when Abd al-Hamid II ascended the throne. Da’ud was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nishan-i-Osmaniye, the Nishan-i-Medjidiye, and the Nishan-i-Imtiaz, as well as the Persian Order of the Sun and the Lion. He was also a Commander of the Legion of Honor, a recipient of the Order of the Prussian Crown, and a Grand Cross of the Polar Star. Biography from “Univers israélite,” January 15, 1897 Expert: Arnaud de Gouvion Saint-Cyr
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