ORDER OF DANILO I – MONTENEGRO
ORDER OF DANILO I – MONTENEGRO
Set comprising: – A long-chain cross in silver, with polychrome enamel on guilloché-worked metal, centred on the figure of the crowned Danilo I and surrounded by Cyrillic inscriptions. On the reverse, the centre is decorated with the date 1852–3 (Montenegro’s independence). Surmounted by the royal crown in yellow gold (lower inscription). With ribbon.Height: 8 cm. – Gross weight: 47 g.- Silver Grand Cross plaque bearing the Cyrillic monogram of Prince Danilo I of Montenegro, with a gold centre and polychrome enamels on a guilloché background. The reverse features a pin and the maker’s mark of Ving Mayer’s Söhne in Vienna.Height: 7 cm. – Gross weight: 80 g.– The associated miniature version with its ribbon.Gross weight: 3 g.Manufactured by Ving Mayer’s Söhne in Vienna, before 1922.(Good overall condition)Awarded to Maurice de La Fontaine, Baron de Fontenay (1872–1957), a cavalry officer and Paris city councillor, who received numerous honours for his service during the Great War and for his political office.
ORDER OF DANILO I – MONTENEGRO
Set comprising: – A long-chain cross in silver, with polychrome enamel on guilloché-worked metal, centred on the figure of the crowned Danilo I and surrounded by Cyrillic inscriptions. On the reverse, the centre is decorated with the date 1852–3 (Montenegro’s independence). Surmounted by the royal crown in yellow gold (lower inscription). With ribbon.Height: 8 cm. – Gross weight: 47 g.- Silver Grand Cross plaque bearing the Cyrillic monogram of Prince Danilo I of Montenegro, with a gold centre and polychrome enamels on a guilloché background. The reverse features a pin and the maker’s mark of Ving Mayer’s Söhne in Vienna.Height: 7 cm. – Gross weight: 80 g.– The associated miniature version with its ribbon.Gross weight: 3 g.Manufactured by Ving Mayer’s Söhne in Vienna, before 1922.(Good overall condition)Awarded to Maurice de La Fontaine, Baron de Fontenay (1872–1957), a cavalry officer and Paris city councillor, who received numerous honours for his service during the Great War and for his political office.
