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Auction: 26002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 287

(x) The group of six Belgian and Indonesian awards attributed to Belgian Minister of Culture Rita De Backer-Van Ocken

Belgium, City of Ostend plaque, by Oscar De Clerck, obverse features relief of the city’s coat of arms and reverse engraved ‘Stad Oostende, Aan Mevrouw Rika De Backer-Van Ocken, Minister van Nederlandse Cultuur en Vlaamise Aangelegenheden, 28-6-1974, 25-6-1977’, good very fine, in its fitted case of issue;

Belgium, City of Sint Truiden Commemorative Medal, reverse ‘Zegel Geheght aan het Vrijheids-Charter van 1366 Erepenning van de Stad Sint-Truiden aan’ engraved to ‘Mevr. De Backer Minister van Cultuur 15.05.1975’, good very fine, in its fitted case of issue;

Belgium, Antwerp Housing Cooperative Medal, reverse ‘c.v. Huisvesting Antwerpen 1921-996’, very fine, in its plastic fitted case of issue;

Belgium, Ghent Association of Engineers Plaque, by P. De Greef, Bruxelles, reverse ‘Verbono Ingenieurs Fak. Landbouwwetenschappen Gent Minister R. De Backer Promotie 23.03.1977’, name engraved, very fine, in plastic case of issue;

Indonesia, Yogyakarta Wooden Plaque, with reverse stand, features the coat of arms of Yogyakarta, obverse plaque reads ‘Kenang-Kenangan Dari: Pemerintah Daerah Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta’, very fine, in its fitted case of issue;

Indonesia, attractive hand-finished silver salve featuring the national arms of Indonesia and a decorative rim, reverse marked ‘800’, weighs 484 grams, toned, otherwise good very fine, in its fitted red velvet case of issue with plaque on cover reading ‘Presented by Hamengkubuwono Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia’, case also featuring national arms of Indonesia (6)

For biographical detail of the recipient and her 1st Class Order of Orange-Nassau please see Lot 309, and for her Portuguese Collar of Honor for Sporting Merit see Lot 312.


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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240