Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Honours and Awards bestowed upon The Nawab Mir Nawaz Jung Bahadur

Mauritania, Republic, National Order of Merit, Grand Officer’s set of insignia, comprising breast badge, 56mm including star and crescent suspension x 44mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Star, 82mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks, silver mark to retaining pin, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue; together with an additional breast badge with rosette and two gold ‘flashes’ on riband; Senegal, Republic, National Order of the Lion, Grand Officer's set of insignia, comprising breast badge, 55mm including leaves suspension x 41mm, gilt and enamel, with rosette on riband; Star, 80mm, silver, gilt, and enamel, silver mark to retaining pin, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue; Tunisia, Republic, Order of the Republic, Grand Cordon set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 65mm, silver and enamel, unmarked; Star, 85mm, silver and enamel, with retaining pin and two additional support hooks, silver mark to retaining pin, with full sash riband, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, case of issue; Hyderabad, Princely State, Medal of the Asafiah, Second Class, silver; War Medal 1945, silver; Silver Jubilee Medal 1936, Civil issue, silver; together with the recipient’s Sir George Casson Walker Medal, the reverse inscribed ‘C.S. Class First Prize 1927’, the edge engraved ‘M. Mir Khan’, the last four mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, the Sir George Casson Medal similarly dated and named, the miniature group also including a Grand Officer’s badge of the French Legion of Honour and a Republic of Somalia Independence Medal 1960, these all mounted as worn, generally nearly extremely fine (lot) £700-£900

The Nawab Mir Nawaz Jung Bahadur served as minister of finance to the Nizam of Hyderabad, and prior to Partition was the Nizam’s Envoy to London. He later held senior ambassadorial posts with the Pakistani Government.