CROSS OF ORDER OF ADOLPH OF NASSAU

Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)

Currently in storage

About this object

The order is a gold rimmed eight-pointed white enamel cross. There is a letter A between the arms of the cross and a gold ball on the tips of the ends of the cross. In the center is the letter A with a crown above in gold against white enamel. Around this is a blue enamel border with laurel leaves and the word VIRTUTE. On the reverse are the dates 1292 and 1858 in gold on white enamel. The cross is suspended from a gold crown. The moiré ribbon is blue with a gold border.

Object name:

CROSS OF ORDER OF ADOLPH OF NASSAU

Made from:

Gold -- enamel --silk moiré

Made in:

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Date made:

1939

Size:

6 cm (2 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

18.74.1

Class:

ORDER

Signature marks:

INSCRIPTION; DATE around center: VIRTUTE; on back: 1292 1858

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973