Libya, Kingdom. An Order of Ali Tenonssi, 1st Class Knight, c.1952

In silver with intermittent gilt arms, centre with green and red enamels, gilt crescent moon at centre, reverse hallmarked with Arabic hallmark denoting 800 silver content as well as Arabic date letter (1951-53) "ر", measuring 42 mm (w) x 44 mm (h), with integral ring for suspension, on period ribbon, extremely fine.

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