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Saxony Ernestine Line, Defender of the Fatherland Medals, Plate LXXVI, 1844
£210
$275 · €245
Original print, not a reproduction.
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- Date
- 1844
- Technique
- Wood Engraving
- Coloring
- Hand colored
- Condition
- Good. Light handling wear to the top left and bottom right corners; minor nicks along the left edge. Even age toning. Scattered light foxing in the margin.
- Collection
- Uniforms & regiments
- Era
- 1816 to 1899, Empire and industry
- Stock no.
- BG-13055-85
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 medals and a cross of the Ernestine Saxon duchies. At top left is a dark green medal with a gold crown, lettered in yellow, on a green ribbon edged with black and yellow bars. At top right is a bronze medal showing a bundle of arrows bound with a band, lettered in Gothic script around the edge, on a ribbon striped green, black and yellow. In the center is a small cross with silver arms and a gold center bearing a crown over a Gothic monogram, on a green ribbon. At bottom left, on a green and white striped ribbon, are the two faces of a silver medal: one lettered, the other showing a cross within a laurel wreath. At bottom right is a gold medal with the crowned Saxon arms, lettered around the rim, on a red ribbon with green edges.
The running head reads "SAXE, BRANCHE ERNESTINE." (Saxony, Ernestine branch) and the plate number "LXXVI." The items are numbered 6 to 10. Medal 9 begins "JM·KAMPFE·FVER·DAS" (in the fight for the). Medal 7 reads "ERNST·H·Z·S·G·S· DEM VERTHEIDIGER DES VATEREANDES 1814" (Ernest, to the defender of the fatherland, 1814), with Vaterlandes printed as "VATEREANDES". Medal 10 reads "FUR GOTT UNE VATERTAND", a misprinted form of "Für Gott und Vaterland" (for God and fatherland).
The plate comes from Ordres de Chevalerie et Marques d'Honneur, published by Auguste Wahlen in Brussels by the Librairie Historique-Artistique, rue de Schaerbeek, 12, in 1844; its 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 the 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.
Condition: Light handling wear to the top left and bottom right corners; minor nicks along the left edge. Even age toning. Scattered light foxing in the margin.
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.
