Sweden, Kingdom. A Cased Royal Order of the Polar Star to Dottore P. Meschini, II. Class Commander, Type II, by C.F. Carlman, c. 1930 Province of China the knife marked "1835 R

the knife marked "1835 R

the lid with the front end panel missing and the rear panel taped in place

the lower half of the image overlaid by Scholtz’s handwritten signature

Ontario two days later

Sweden, Kingdom. A Cased Royal Order of the Polar Star to Dottore P. Meschini, II. Class Commander, Type II, by C.F. Carlman, c. 1930 Province of China the knife marked "1835 R(Kungliga Nordstjrneorden). Instituted February 23rd, 1748. A fine quality example, constructed of gilded silver, consisting of a white enameled Maltese Cross with dual ball finials, with Swedish Royal Crowns in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse and reverse with a circular dark blue enameled medallion bearing a gilded star composed out of five enameled pieces, circumscribed Nescit Occasum (It knows no Decline), with arabesques