ORDER OF ORANGE-NASSAU, MINIATURE
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The miniature badge is hung on a blue, white and gold striped ribbon. The badge is a blue enameled eight pointed cross, with white borders on gold under a crown. A gold laurel wreath joins each arm of the cross. The center medallion is blue and portrays a gold lion surrounded by a gold rimmed white enamel band with the inscription Je Maintiendrai on the recto and God Zij met ons around a gold E topped by a gold crown on the verso. Order came in a box
- Object name:
- ORDER OF ORANGE-NASSAU, MINIATURE
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel --silk moiré
- Made in:
- Netherlands
- Date made:
- 1939
- Size:
- 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.151
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION around center front: Je Maintiendrai; on back: God Zij Met Ons; In box: SAEYS & Co / 28, rue du Lombard / Bruxelles / Tél.12.21.17
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973