Item number: M10

Year: AD 1830-1850

Material: Gold, Silver and Enamel

Size: 48.0 x 43.0 ; L: 13.0 x 19.0 ; M: 12.0 x 18.0 ; R: 11.0 x 17.0 mm

Weight: 5.76 g

Provenance: Dixons Medals 2022

In the early 19th century, military officers on the European continent, who experienced a series of conflicts, including the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, often received decorations and medals from different regimes or even foreign countries throughout their careers.

Upon receiving these honors, recipients frequently commission private jewelers to create miniatures for convenient carrying or display alongside other decorations. Subsequently, after the death of the decorated individual, governments typically requested the return of the original medals, making the miniatures cherished heirlooms for future generations. Workshops would provide different price quotes based on the size and material specifications.

The miniature version encompasses three distinct decorations, arranged from left to right: the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Ferdinand I of the Kingdom of Spain, the Knight class of the National Order of the Legion of Honour from the Bourbon Restoration era in France, and the Knight class of the Order of Saint Louis from the July Monarchy era in France.

Judging by the order of issuance (see table), the manufacturing date of this miniature would not precede AD 1830, since the last medal awarded to honoree was the Order of Saint Louis in the style of the July Monarchy of France, which was issued in AD 1830.

物件編號: M10

年代: 公元 1830-1850 年

材質: 黃金, 白銀和琺瑯

尺寸: 48.0 x 43.0 ; 左: 13.0 x 19.0 ; 中: 12.0 x 18.0 ; 右: 11.0 x 17.0 mm

重量: 5.76 g

來源: 迪生獎章 2022

十九世紀初的歐洲大陸，歷經法國大革命到拿破崙戰爭等一系列戰亂洗禮的軍官，於職業生涯中極可能得到不同政權，甚至其他國家授勳的勳章。

受勳者在獲得勳章後，通常會委託民間珠寶工匠製作復刻品，以方便攜帶或與其他勳章一同展示。再來當受勳者逝世後，政府通常會要求遺族上繳勳章，復刻品便成為供後人留念的傳家寶。工坊則會依據尺寸和材質提供不同報價。

此迷你版囊括三枚不同的勳章，左至右依序為：西班牙王國的軍官級斐迪南一世勳章、法國波旁復辟時期的騎士級榮譽軍團勳章及法國七月王朝時期的騎士級聖路易勳章。

由發行的先後作判斷(見表格)，該復刻品的製造時間不會早於公元1830年，即受勳者獲頒的最後一枚勳章，法國七月王朝時期樣式的聖路易勳章。