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Patiala, Nishan-i-Phul, Breast Star, Part of the Maharaja's personal set
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Maharaja Bhupendra Singh's personal worn Order
Breast Star: multi-piece construction, in 22K yellow Gold with blue enamels, set with 82 genuine old European cut Diamonds and three Rubies, weighing 75.5 grams, obverse illustrating four large daggers, with each quadrant set housing four smaller knives, all of which radiate from a central medallion, inscription in Gold on the blue enamelled medallion, inscribed in Gurmukhi "Tera gharu mera asay" (Your home is my refuge), the medallion surrounded by three icons in Platinum with Diamonds, the Royal crown above, with a trident to the left and a five-pointed star resting upon an upward-facing crescent moon to the right, reverse cartouche engraved with the maker mark "GARRARD & Co. Ltd. Jewellers to H.M. THE KING EMPEROR. LONDON AND CALCUTTA.", 95 mm x 95.5 mm
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