Hanover, Kingdom. A Royal Guelphic Order, Miniature, C.1870 GTRexclude inscribed “Für Verdienste im Kriege”

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

dated 26 July 1943

makes their story all the more compelling

without interruptions in the velvet fabric

56 mm (w) x 88

Hanover, Kingdom. A Royal Guelphic Order, Miniature, C.1870 GTRexclude inscribed “Für Verdienste im Kriege”(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,