Hesse-Darmstadt. An Order Of The Golden Lion, Museum Display Collar Archive cypher of Queen Isabella I

cypher of Queen Isabella I of Castille on the reverse

effective June 6

steel gray cloth cover

51mm (w) x 61mm (h -inclusive of suspension ring)

6 mm x 44 mm

Hesse-Darmstadt. An Order Of The Golden Lion, Museum Display Collar Archive cypher of Queen Isabella I(Hausorden des Goldenen Lwen, Kette). Instituted 1770 by Landgraf (count) Frederick II of Hesse Kassel. In bronze gilt, a museum display collar presenting 24 links, 12 of which are lions raising one paw alternating directions each measuring 57. 2mm (w inclusive of integral ring attached to paw) x 30mm (h), between each lion is a monogram FL link for Landgraf Friedrich II, each measuring 38. 1mm (w inclusive of integral rings) x 29. 2mm (h), reverse of