Cambodia, French Protectorate. A Royal Order of Sowathara, II. Class Commander, c. 1935 Buy Now with large surmounting crown

with large surmounting crown

a German period handwritten collectors tag on bottom

a captured flag on a flagpole with two ribbons attached lying under the lion

accompanied by a preliminary award notice

the reverse with a central white enameled medallion with an institution date of “19 ФЕВРАЛЪ 1878” (“19 FEBRUARY 1878”)

Cambodia, French Protectorate. A Royal Order of Sowathara, II. Class Commander, c. 1935 Buy Now with large surmounting crownA Royal Order of Sowathara, II. Class Commander. (Instituted in late 1923). Of ornate design, consisting of a four armed silver gilt star, each arm composed of a group of five individual rays, with stocks of corn, cotton, rice, and palm leaves in each quadrant, obverse centre presents the three towered hall of Angkor Vat on a green enameled background, with stylistically unique suspension of the Goddess of the Earth with twisting her hair with robes