Foreign Orders & DecorationsGreat Britain

65 Order of the Bath: Stall Plate for Philipp Baron Gruben.

 Dedication inscription for Baron Gruben, "Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and Major of the 1st Regiment of Hussars of the King's German Legion" as "Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath" (Knight - Military Division). Date of award "4th June 1815".

Fire-gilt bronze. In the center the hand painted cross of the order. Maker's mark on the reverse by Higies, London.

The chapel of the order is Henry VII's Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey, London. In this chapel the "Stall Plates" of all knights of the order were placed and after their death they were replaced by those of new knights.

Very nice preserved copy.

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1.200,00