Kaukab-i-Iqbal-i-Punjab, 3rd Class
V&A Museum Collection
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This order of merit was introduced by Ranjit Singh, the first Sikh maharaja of the Panjab (r.1801–1839), and seems to have been directly inspired by the French Legion d’honneur worn by one of his foreign military commanders, General Allard. It may be the ‘Star of the Prosperity of the Panjab’ instituted in 1837. This example was said to have been owned formerly by Duleep Singh, Ranjit Singh’s son and the last Sikh maharaja of the Panjab, who lost his territory when the Panjab was annexed by the British in 1849.
Classes -
1st Class - Diamonds
2nd Class - Diamonds & Emeralds
3rd Class - Emeralds
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This order of merit was introduced by Ranjit Singh, the first Sikh maharaja of the Panjab (r.1801–1839), and seems to have been directly inspired by the French Legion d’honneur worn by one of his foreign military commanders, General Allard. It may be the ‘Star of the Prosperity of the Panjab’ instituted in 1837. This example was said to have been owned formerly by Duleep Singh, Ranjit Singh’s son and the last Sikh maharaja of the Panjab, who lost his territory when the Panjab was annexed by the British in 1849.
Classes -
1st Class - Diamonds
2nd Class - Diamonds & Emeralds
3rd Class - Emeralds
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