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Orders of Mecklenburg, Medals and Service Crosses, Plate XLVIII, 1844
£210
$275 · €245
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1844
- Technique
- Wood Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light wear to the top right, bottom left and bottom right corners. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
- Collection
- Uniforms & regiments
- Era
- 1816 to 1899, Empire and industry
- Stock no.
- BG-13055-55
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
This is an original antique wood engraving, colored by hand, showing decorations of Mecklenburg. At the top left, item 3 shows both faces of a medal on a pale blue ribbon with red and yellow edges: a silver obverse with a portrait bust in profile and a gold reverse with a lettered inscription between two small rosettes. At the top right, items 1 and 2 are an oval silver medal with an upright sword and a sprig of leaves dividing a date, on a pale blue ribbon with red and yellow edges. In the middle row, item 5 is a bronze cross with a roman numeral in its center and item 6 a bronze cross with a crowned script monogram on a silver center. Below, items 4 and 7 are a gold cross with a roman numeral on a red ribbon edged in pale blue and yellow, and item 8 is a pale silver cross with a crowned monogram on a gold center.
The running head reads "MECKLEMBOURG." and the plate number "XLVIII." The portrait side of item 3 is lettered "FRIEDERICH FRANZ HEBZOG ZU MECKLENBURG" (Friedrich Franz, Duke of Mecklenburg, the title spelled as engraved), and its reverse "DEM REDLICHEN MANNE UND DEM GUTEN BURGER" (to the upright man and the good citizen). The oval medal is dated "18 13" either side of the sword. The crosses carry the numerals "X" and "XXV."
The plate comes from Ordres de Chevalerie et Marques d'Honneur, published by Auguste Wahlen at Brussels, Librairie Historique-Artistique, rue de Schaerbeek, 12, in 1844; the half title reads Histoire, costumes, décorations de tous les ordres de chevalerie, et marques d'honneur. Auguste Wahlen was the pen name of the Belgian writer Jean-François-Nicolas Loumyer (1801 to 1875), and the title page lists his own knighthoods in orders of Prussia, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Hanover, Greece, the Roman States, Saxe-Coburg and Brazil. The plates are relief prints, wood engravings colored by hand with watercolor.
The plate frames well alone or with other German subjects.
Condition: Light wear to the top right, bottom left and bottom right corners. Age toning, darker at the edges; handling soiling along the edges and scattered foxing in the margins. Printed image clean.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
