Hanover, Royal Guelphic Order
Lot. Vendu
1,000 GBP
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Details & Cataloguing
Royal Orders and Medals from the collection of George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), King George III’s Grandson
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Hanover, Royal Guelphic Order
Second Period (following Queen Victoria’s accession to the British throne), Military Division, silver breast badge for existing Knights of the Order, in silver and enamels, with crossed swords beneath crown, reverse dated MDCCCXXXIX, less substantial than the last, extremely fine
width 30.7mm, thickness at centre 4.9mm
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width 30.7mm, thickness at centre 4.9mm
Description
It became customary for Hanoverian Knights to wear breast badges of this kind on occasion and this example could have belonged either to the 1st or 2nd Duke; see also the preceding lot.
Suggested Lots
Royal Orders and Medals from the collection of George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904), King George III’s Grandson
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