ORDER OF ADOLPH OF NASSAU, MINIATURE
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The order is a gold rimmed eight-pointed white enamel cross. There is a letter A between the arms of the cross and a gold ball on the tips of the ends of the cross. In the center is the letter A with a crown above in gold against white enamel. Around this is a blue enamel border with laurel leaves and the word VIRTUTE. On the reverse are the dates 1292 and 1858 in gold on white enamel. The cross is suspended from a gold crown. The moiré ribbon is blue with a gold border.Order came in a rectangular Cartier box.
- Object name:
- ORDER OF ADOLPH OF NASSAU, MINIATURE
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel --silk moiré
- Made in:
- Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Date made:
- 1939
- Size:
- 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.74.2
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; DATE around center: VIRTUTE; on back: 1292 1858; Cartier / New York / Caracas / London / Paris in box
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973