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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 432

Germany, Hohenlohe, Order of the Phoenix, an early Knight´s breast Badge, 1770-95 type, 41mm x 32mm, gold and enamel, minor enamel damage, otherwise very fine and extremely rare Estimate £ 1,400-1,600 The Order of the Phoenix had its origins in the House Order of the Golden Flame founded by Prince Ernst I of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingfurst on 29.12.1757, on the occasion of his 95th birthday. In 1770 a ´´Second Class´´ was introduced by Prince Carl Albrecht, named the Knights´´ Order of the Phoenix. The new Order was to be awarded to Germans and foreigners of noble descent. In 1795 Prince Ludwig Leopold of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein gave the Order new statutes in which it was divided into two divisions- House Order of the Golden Flame and Order of the Phoenix, with the latter divided into two classes.

Sold for
£4,500