Hungary, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Stephen, Grand Cross Star, C. 1900 Auction crazing in the white enamels

crazing in the white enamels on another

also marked “Ges

maker marked “Gesetzlich Geschützt” and maker marked “Steinhauer & Lück

The hilt is brass over bone

Footnote: Morton Joseph Gordon was born on September 10

Hungary, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Stephen, Grand Cross Star, C. 1900 Auction crazing in the white enamels(Magyar Kirlyi Szent Istvn Iovagrend). Instituted 1764 by Empress Maria Theresa. (Issued 1764 1946). This is an extremely well preserved Order of St. Stephen, Grand Cross Breast Star, of multi piece construction, consisting of an eight pointed silver star, with a central red enameled medallion depicting white enameled Patriarchal Cross, on a field of red enamel flanked by gilded letters M and T above a gilded Hungarian royal crown, surrounded by a