Hanover, Kingdom. A Royal Guelphic Order, Miniature, C.1870 GTRexclude without interruptions in the velvet

without interruptions in the velvet fabric

56 mm (w) x 88

inscribed “Für Verdienste im Kriege” (German - For Services at War)

silver wash is mostly gone

Hanover, Kingdom. A Royal Guelphic Order, Miniature, C.1870 GTRexclude without interruptions in the velvet(Guelphen Orden Miniatur). Instituted 1815 by Prince Regent George (later King George III). 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, centre of the obverse bears a white hand painted Hanoverian horse on a vibrant red enameled background within a ring of blue enamel, the reverse centre features a red enamel centre, topped with an engraved gold crown,