Persia, Iran, Order Medal of Haft Peykar or Pleiades Nishan-i-Haftpeykar. Made In France. Extremely rare

The Order of the Pleiades (Persian: نشان هفت‌پیکر Nishân-i-Haftpaykar), also known as the Order of Haft Paykar, was an all-female order of the former Imperial State of Iran.

The Order was instituted not later than 1955 by the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In 1959-67 it consisted of two, and since 1967 - of three classes (1st class, 2nd class, and 3rd class), and was awarded to female persons of high status, for deserving special recognition or conspicuous appreciation by the Shah.

It is believed that the Order honours Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the former Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

The name of the order refers to the Pleiades, a star cluster located in the constellation Taurus in the northern hemisphere. Soraya is a female Persian name with a reference to the Pleiades.

The order was abolished by the Islamic Republic of Iran after the fall of the last Shah. Since then, the order merely continues as a Royal Family Order, and Empress Farah Pahlavi, the third wife and widow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, is still the grandmaster of this order.

Made In France

Extremely rare and very desirable.

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