Order of Malta - Important gala chain of a dignitary... Lot 486

Order of Malta - Important gala chain of a dignitary of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and Malta, in gold with double row of links, eagle head hallmark, featuring sixty-one miniatures, mostly gold: Order of Malta, Knight's Cross of Honor and Devotion, gold, enamel; Order of Malta, "Bene Merenti" Medal, silver; Legion of Honor, gold, enamel; Military Medal, gold, silver, enamel, articulated two-sided trophy; Croix de Guerre, 1914-1918, gold; Croix de Guerre, 1939-1945, gold; Croix du combattant, gold; Medal of French Recognition, second model, vermeil; Interallied Medal, gold; Order of the Black Star of Benin, gold, enamel; Royal Order of Cambodia, vermeil, enamel; Commemorative Medal 1914-1918, gold; Commemorative Medal 1939-1945, vermeil; Order of Maritime Merit, gold, enamel; Palmes Académiques, gold, enamel; Order of Agricultural Merit, gold, enamel; Order of Public Health, vermeil, enamel; medal of the Epidemics, Ministry of War, gold; medal of the Public Assistance, first model, silver; two medals of the social welfare, gold; medal of the Social Insurance, gold; order of the Social Merit, gold, enamel; medal of the Mutuality, fifth model, gold; Romania, order of the Star, second model, gold, enamel ; Romania, medal of the fiftieth anniversary of the castle of Pelesch, 1933, gold; Romania, medal of the centenary of Carol I, gold; Romania, Cross of Merit, 2nd class, vermeil; Holy See, four insignia of secret cloak and dagger, Pius X, Benedict XV, Pius XI, Pius XII, gold, silver, enamel; Holy See, order of Pius IX, gold, enamel; Holy See, order of St. Gregory the Great, civil, gold, enamel ; Vatican, cross "Pro Ecclesia et Pointifice", gold; Holy See, two crosses of the Pilgrim of the Holy Land, gold; Holy See, equestrian order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, gold, enamel ; Holy See, Cross of St. John Lateran, gold; Holy See, Cross of 1st class of the Congregation of Our Lady of Loreto, gold, enamel; Italy, Two Sicilies, Constantinian Order of St. George, Grand Cross of Justice, gold, enamel ; Austria, Teutonic order, Marianne cross, silver, gold, enamel; Spain, order of Charles III, gold, enamel; Spain, two medals of tributes of municipalities to Alfonso XIII, 1926, gold; Spain, badge of the Academy of History, gold; Spain, badge of Academy, gold; Italy, order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, gold, enamel ; Italy, Order of the Crown, gold, enamel; Italy, Medal of Military Valor, 1859 on reverse (reuse), vermeil; Italy, Commemorative Medal 1915-1918, gold; Italy, Medal of Unity 1848-1918, gold; Portugal, Order of Christ, gold, enamel; Poland, Medal of the Franco-Polish Resistance, vermeil; Haiti, Order of Honor and Merit, silver, gold, enamel ; Greece, Order of the Holy Orthodox Sepulchre of Jerusalem, gold, enamel; Morocco, Ouissam Alaouite, gold, enamel; Tunisia, Nichan Iftikhar, silver, enamel; Turkey, Order of the Medjidie, silver, gold, enamel; Ethiopia, Order of the Star, gold; Ethiopia, Medal of the Construction of the Djibouti-Addis Ababa Railway Line, gold. Total length: 62 cm, gross weight: 125 g France, first half of the 20th century. This extraordinary gala chain could be that of Bailiff Thierry Michel de Pierredon (1883-1955), author of a "Political History of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem (Order of Malta) from 1789 to 1955" and founder of the Historical Society of the Order of Malta. Légion d'honneur file, 19800035/820/93296. TTB to SUP