*Austria, Order of the Golden Fleece, neck badge, mid-19th Century, in gold and enamels, with gold

SALEROOM NOTICES

Lot 7:         This is a post 1918 Rothe issue with a Mayer ring from another order attached,

                   estimate reduced to £300-500

Lot 21         This is a good quality Belgian made collector’s copy, the reverse of the retaining

                   pin does not read 1950 but A950; revised estimate £300-400

Lot 39        The right hand dragon on the star is damaged; revised estimate £800-1,000

Lot 54        The badge is 8^th class rather than 9^th, estimate remains unchanged

Lot 71         This is the CSSR issue and is now offered uncased, revised estimate £3,000-5,000

Lot 72         This is the First Czech Republic type and is offered with case of issue, revised

                   estimate is £1,800-2,200

Lot 73         The badge is numbered 96, the number is in the small circle beneath the lower linden branch

Lot 76        Withdrawn

Lot 77         Withdrawn

Lots 79-82: All withdrawn

Lot 94        Offered with case of issue and related sash

Lot 128       The illustration above the lot description is wrongly numbered 127

Lot 147       Offered with case of issue

Lot 159       Incorrectly numbered lot 160 on plate

Lot 160       Incorrectly numbered lot 159 on plate

Lot 201       Incorrectly numbered lot 202 on plate

Lot 202      Incorrectly numbered lot 201 on plate

Lot 243      The star from this set is from a type 1 (1905-08) set of insignia as Witte only made type 1 insignia, estimate remains unchanged

Lot 244      This is incorrectly numbered lot 243 on upper part of plate (lot 243 is correctly numbered on lower part of plate, however)

Lot 253       Now offered with case of issue

Lot 258      Now offered with case of issue and additional breast star

Lot 260      Now offered with case of issue and additional dress miniature

Lot 279      Now offered with case of issue for a Grand Cross set

Lot 291       Now offered with case of issue

Lot 316       Now offered with case of issue

Lot 335       This incorrectly numbered lot 336 on the plate (lot 336 is correctly numbered,however)

Lot 413       Now offered with case of issue

Lot 417       Now offered with case of issue

Lot 427      Now offed with case of issue

Lot 428      Now offered with case of issue

Lot 429      Now offered with case of issue

Lot 438      Now offered with case of issue

Lot 471       Now offered with case of issue

Lot 473      Now offered with (distressed) case of issue

Lot 485      Now offered with case of issue

Lot 539      This incorrectly numbered 537 on the plate

Lot 573       This is the 1957-81 (type 1) version of the Medal for Bravery (Tamga-i-Shujaat)

                   not the 1971 war issue.

Lot 687      The rank is Police Lieutenant rather than Probationary Lieutenant as described

Lot 688      Probably no more than 250 GSM Malaya medals were issued with the rank of

                   Police Sergeant as the majority later became Police Lieutenants and were named

                   thus

Lot 691       The group is awarded to David Alexander Simpson, not David Alexander as per

                   the lot heading

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Wednesday 10 June                                        10.00am to 4.30pm

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