Cambodia, French Protectorate. A Royal Order of Sowathara, II. Class Commander, c. 1935 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reverse engraved "CAPITANO MARSELLI SERGIO"

reverse engraved "CAPITANO MARSELLI SERGIO" in the centre and surrounded by the engraved inscription "CASTELNUOVO

The blade is darkened and rates at extremely fine

Iiams was born in 1920 and a native of Ohio

It was also awarded to non-combatants (doctors

superimposed on a thirteen-point star in white enamel

Cambodia, French Protectorate. A Royal Order of Sowathara, II. Class Commander, c. 1935 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac reverse engraved "CAPITANO MARSELLI SERGIO"A 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