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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