Westphalia, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Phillip Of The Lion Of Limburg In Gold, Knight’s Cross, C.1840 Newly Listed Early Version (two-piece construction

Early Version (two-piece construction

Commander's Neck Cross - In bronze gilt and enamels

Saunders should be suspended

consisting of a laurel wreath with a central number “25” in Roman numerals

Westphalia, Kingdom. An Order Of St. Phillip Of The Lion Of Limburg In Gold, Knight’s Cross, C.1840 Newly Listed Early Version (two-piece construction(Orden Sankt Phillipps zum Lwen). Instituted in 1700 by the Counts of Limburg Stirum. A finely made and early award, in Gold, featuring a white enameled Maltese cross with ball finials, with fine quality green enameled laurel wreaths in each quadrant, obverse centre bearing the Lion of Limburg, circumscribed Beneficencia Et Virtute (With the Benefit of Virtue) in Gold lettering, the arms of the cross are inscribed with the letters HSCW for Henricus,