Hanover, Kingdom. A Miniature Royal Guelphic Order, Austrian Made, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 13 mm x 8

measuring 13 mm x 8 mm

Class w/Swords

overall bronzing loss on the War Merit Cross

Loose centrepiece on the Breast Star

The blade presents plain with the exception of a maker’s mark near the reverse ricasso in the form of a late-pattern inscription of “ERNST PACK & SÖHNE

Hanover, Kingdom. A Miniature Royal Guelphic Order, Austrian Made, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity measuring 13 mm x 8(Guelphen Orden Miniatur). Instituted 1815 by Prince Regent George (later King George III). Of Austrian manufacture, consisting of a solid Gold Maltese Cross with each arm topped by finials and with a stylized lion passant in each quadrant of the Cross, the centre of the obverse bears a white enameled Hanoverian horse on a vibrant red enameled background within a ring of blue enamels featuring the order motto of NEC ASPERA TERRENT (Not Afraid of