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375 - SWEDEN - ORDER OF VASA,
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SWEDEN - ORDER OF VASA, GRAND OFFICER'S BADGE BELIEVED TO HAVE BELONGED TO DA'UD EFFENDI MOLKO, THE FIRST "DRAGOMAN" TRANSLATOR OF THE IMPERIAL DIVAN Made of silver with openwork diamond-point design; fastened with a spring-loaded pin. 79 mm; Net weight: 51.3 g Late 19th century, early 20th century. Provenance: Da’ud Effendi Molko, then passed down through his descendants 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 and rose to the position of chief translator during the reign of Sultan Abd al-Aziz, a post he retained 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 is 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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