circa 1908
A pair of royal presentation cufflinks crafted in platinum and matte 14K yellow gold. The cufflinks are decorated with a royal red enamel crown and the cipher of King Ferdinand I (the Cyrillic letter “Ф”), designed in refined Art Nouveau taste. Both the crown and the cipher are embellished with old rose-cut diamonds and vivid green Russian demantoids.
Born a German prince of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, King Ferdinand I ruled Bulgaria as prince from 1887 to 1908 and later as king from 1908 until 1918.
Diameter is 16 mm (5/8 in.)
Impeccable condition.
