Original Dutch Belgian Revolution Oil Painting Portrait of Public Hero Jan van Speyk in Original Frame - c. 1830 - 37¼ x 44⅝” P-1853 Enfield On the tang this is

On the tang this is written as 備後 土生 住 串野 亀吉 作 - BINGO HABU JU KUSHINO KAMEYOSHI SAKU

” “Korean Service medal—4 service stars

which itself is in great condition with only service use

which is worn away closer to the receiver:

Original Dutch Belgian Revolution Oil Painting Portrait of Public Hero Jan van Speyk in Original Frame - c. 1830 - 37¼ x 44⅝” P-1853 Enfield On the tang this isOriginal Item. One of a Kind. Jan Carel Josephus van Speyk (31 January 1802 5 February 1831) was a Royal Netherlands Navy officer who became a public hero in the Netherlands for his opposition to the Belgian Revolution. When the Belgian Revolution began, Van Speyk was given command of Gunboat No. 2. Van Speyk despised the Belgian independence movement, and he said he would rather die "than become an infamous Brabander". Born in Amsterdam in 1802, Van