An 1830-1831 Dutch Hasselt Cross GTRexclude with prongs

with prongs

the 13th Machine Gun Company in the field on the 14th

with a green dry cleaner's tag stapled in place on it

intact repaired lugs

An 1830-1831 Dutch Hasselt Cross GTRexclude with prongsAn 1830 1831 Dutch Hasselt Cross Bronze, 29 mm, light contact, bruising below the ball finial, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Cross was instituted by Royal Order no. 70 on September 12, 1831 and awarded to participants in the war against Belgium of 1830 1831. Its official name is the Metalen Kruis (Metal Cross) but it is popularly known as the Hasselt Kruis (Hasselt Cross) since the bronze for the cross came from Belgian cannon captured during the