Senegal. An Order of the Lion, Grand Officer, by Arthus Bertrand, Paris
Breast Badge: three-piece construction, bronze gilt with red, white, green and yellow enamels, 41.5 mm x 58.5 mm inclusive of its wreath suspension, large rosette on its original ribbon with dual prong pinback; and Breast Star: three-piece construction, silver gilt with red and white insignia mounted to a silver base, hallmarked on the pin, 81 mm, vertical pinback. Extremely fine. Accompanied by a Rosette (embroidered, mounted to a yellow and white ribbon, 8.8 mm, with metal button hole attachment), in their hardshelled case of issue, maker marked "ARTHUS BERTRAND PARIS" on the inside lid, wear evident on the exterior, case very fine. Also included are two Order of the Lion award documents named to Isset Khourchid: One for the Grand Officer Set as Plenipotentiary Adviser of Protocol, Minister of Foreign Affairs, numbered 1446; the other for the Knight's Badge as Director of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lebanon, numbered 851; each with the embossed seal of the Republic of Senegal Grand Chancellery, printed in black ink on a thick white paper stock, 270 mm x 408 mm.

