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Württemberg Campaign Medals, Paris 1814, Plate LXXXVIII, Wood Engraving, 1844
$330
€295 · £250
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 corner. 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-13055-97
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 with watercolor, showing Württemberg medals and a cross, numbered 9 to 13. At the top left (9) is a silver medal with lettering inside a laurel wreath, on a black ribbon with yellow stripes. At the top right (10) are a gold and a silver medal hung from one crimson ribbon. In the center (13) is a gold cross with a crowned initial in its center, on a ribbon striped black, brown and yellow. At the foot are a silver medal (11) on a crimson ribbon and a gold medal (12) on a dark ribbon, each with a crowned script initial over lettering in a laurel wreath.
The running head reads "WURTEMBERG" and the plate number "LXXXVIII." The German lettering has many miscut letters and is mostly given by its sense. Medal 9 reads for loyalty and merit, ending "und Berdienst" (B for V). The gold medal of 10 reads king and fatherland, ending "bem Tapfern" (to the brave); the silver one, with a crowned A, is for the victory of "1re Febe 1814" (1 February 1814). Medal 11 is for the victory of "25 Haȝ 1814" (25 March 1814), medal 12 for Paris, "Mörz" (March) 1814. Medals 11 and 12 and the cross (13) carry a crowned R. The cross reads "DER TAPFER KEIT UND TREUR" (to bravery and loyalty) and is dated 1815.
The plate comes from Ordres de Chevalerie et Marques d'Honneur (Orders of Chivalry and Marks of Honor), published by Auguste Wahlen and issued in Brussels in 1844 by the Librairie Historique-Artistique, rue de Schaerbeek, 12. 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 orders of Prussia, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Hanover, Greece, the Roman States, Saxe-Coburg and Brazil.
With its row of dated campaign medals the plate suits a collection on the Napoleonic Wars.
Condition: Light wear to the top right corner. 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.
