Russia, Imperial. An Order of Noble Bukhara, I Class Star, c.1915 Republic of Ernest Chausson and Francis Poulenc

Ernest Chausson and Francis Poulenc

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered silver-grey threaded Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika

the obverse bearing a central gilded medallion overlaid by a leftward-facing profile of Duke Ernst I

lightly worn but remains nearly all of its original gilt

Type II (Медаль «За боевые заслуги»)

Russia, Imperial. An Order of Noble Bukhara, I Class Star, c.1915 Republic of Ernest Chausson and Francis PoulencInstituted 1881 by Emir Muzaffar. (1881 1920 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, the obverse consisting of a subtly vaulted eight pointed star, the obverse bearing a central blue enameled applique with script cartouche indicating non Muslim issue, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge emanating from a crimped base, accommodating a flattened vertical catch which meets a flattened catch soldered to a rectangular base plate, unmarked but