Spanish Morocco, Order of Mehdauia, Grand Cross or “Summu” set of insignia, comprising sash badge, 42.5mm, and breast star, 55mm, in silver-gilt and enamels, extremely fine, with sash and related silver and enamelled miniature, offered with original warrant of bestowal to Andrea Celeisa di Vegliasco, dated 7 June 1939 (lot) Marchese Andrea Celeisa di Vegliasco e di San Vito (1891-1942) was a career diplomat. Stationed in Washington and New York from circa 1917 to the early 1920s, while stationed in the U.S.A. he married Margaret Erhart, an American socialite in 1919. In the 1920s he appears to have been employed in the Italian Embassy in Vienna and in December 1923 was made an officer of the Order of the Crown. From 1936-37 was Italian minister in Tehran, in November 1936 he was made a Grand Officer of the Papal Order of St Gregory the Great, Grand Cross Civil of the Hungarian Order of Merit, August 1937, also during this period he was awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Iranian Order of the Taj. After his posting in Iran, he was created Head of Propaganda Italian Foreign Ministry and shortly prior to his death Minister of Protocol Italian Foreign Ministry. Other awards bestowed on him appear to be Grand Cross and Grand Commander of the Italian Order of the Crown and either Grand Officer or Commander of the Order of SS Maurice and Lazarus. He appears also to have received an unknown grade of the Order of the German Eagle and an uncertain Spanish Order.

Estimate: GBP 500-600