An Early Danish Order Of Dannebrog Collar Chain C.1840 Newly Listed measuring 106 mm x 105

measuring 106 mm x 105 mm

68 mm x 75 mm

(Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste Bandschnalle)

hand painted figure on horseback on a red enameled background

An Early Danish Order Of Dannebrog Collar Chain C.1840 Newly Listed measuring 106 mm x 105Of early quality and manufacture, weighing 168 grams and consists of twenty seven 16 mm x 21 mm bronze gilt and white enamelled Dannebrog crosses, each of which alternates positions with Royal cyphers, incorporating fourteen 13. 5 mm x 23. 2 mm bronze gilt crowned "C5" cyphers (King Christian V) and thirteen 21. 5 mm x 24. 7 mm bronze gilt crowned "W" cyphers (King Valdemar II), the cyphers themselves alternating positions, one of the "W" cyphers is