Thailand, Kingdom. A Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao in Gold, Grand Cross Badge

Item #W3576

$5,400
Finely produced in gold with red, white, pink, light green, dark green and blue enamels, weighing 35.6 grams, obverse centrepiece with the hand painted portrait of Chula Chom Klao, reverse centrepiece with the hand painted three elephants insignia of Siam, 48.7 mm x 78.8 mm inclusive of its crown suspension, on a full-length pink ribbon, glue residue evident on two pink star points where it butts the centrepiece on the obverse, extremely fine and extremely rare.

Footnote: The Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao was established on November 16, 1873 by King Rama V of The Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand), to commemorate the 90th Jubilee of the Chakri Dynasty, and bears his Name (Chula Chom Klao). The pink colour reflects the Tuesday birthday colour for King Rama V.