Künker will kick off its Winter auction week with a spectacular sale of spectacular objects. On 13 November, auction 395 offers orders and decorations from several important special collections in addition to some outstanding individual pieces.

The auction will begin with a major collection of Prussian orders and decorations from the Rhineland. It contains a total of 287 lots, including numerous particularly rare objects, some of which have not been seen on the market for decades. The focal point is on the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle prior to 1918. With the help of the expertise of the doyen of Prussian phaleristics, Dr. Peter Sauerwald (1936-2022), the collector built up a systematic collection of these decorations and also gathered documents that testify to their bestowal of a kind that can hardly be found on the market.

The second part of the auction consists of the estates of offshoots of the ducal House of Württemberg and the royal house of Bulgaria. The offer goes beyond impressive orders such as a great cross set of the Bulgarian Order with jewels and a neck decoration of the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece to also include numerous medals such as a gold medal, of which only two specimens were created on the occasion of the completion of the railroad line from Yambol to Burgas in 1890 - one for the Prince of Bulgaria and one for his mother. The latter has been lost.

The third part of the sale presents an ensemble of world orders and decorations that were awarded to members of the French family de Fauque de Jonquières.

The fourth part of the auction contains orders and decorations from various estates with a focal point on the German states. But there are also extremely rare pieces from the Russian Empire on offer.

No. 16: Prussia. order (1740). Cross of the order in the version issued from 1917 to 1918. II. Estimate: 7,500 euros

No. 25: Prussia. Order of the Red Eagle. 1st version (so-called - 1792-1810). Extremely rare. II. Estimate: 15,000 euros

No. 74: Prussia. Order of the Red Eagle. 5th version (1854-1918). Extremely rare. I-II. Estimate: 12,500 euros

No. 295: Order of the Württemberg Crown (1818). From the estate of Field Marshal Albert Duke of Württemberg (1865-1939). II. Estimate: 3,000 euros

No. 323: Bulgaria. Large gold medal commemorating the completion of the railroad line between Yambol and Burgas of 14 May 1890. The second known specimen. About FDC. From the estate of Tsar Ferdinand I. I-. Estimate: 50,000 euros

No. 324: Bulgaria. order (1881). From the estate of Eleonore, since 1908 the wife of Tsar Ferdinand I. II. Estimate: 20,000 euros

No. 345: Austria. Order of the Golden Fleece. From the estate of August Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Koháry (1818-1881). Very rare. II-III. Estimate: 15,000 euros

No. 437: Russia. Imperial Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called. Collar set. Very rare. I-II. Estimate: 150,000 euros

Following Künker's Winter public sales, on 17 and 18 November 2023 the two eLive Premiums Auctions 398 and 399 will be held.

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To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
KUENKER AUCTIONS 395-397, PART 1(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n42a22.html)
KUENKER AUCTIONS 395-397, PART 2(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n43a22.html)