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- 09.09.1906, Berlin (Creation)
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ADDRESS: Parchment, 2 sheets hung in white silk ribbon, Hs. decorated in colour, 41,5, x 31,5 cm. In a richly decorated decorative frame (sheet 1), painted with pictorial representations, a calligraphic writing block based on Wilhelm Klingspor writing, black; all lines of writing lined red. Initials, comprising 2-3 lines, set in dark brown or blue, with golden contours and richly decorated in blue or red; the first line of heels in red ink. Address in portrait-format Gothic letters, their initial letters in different colours, patterned decoratively, in a golden letterbox. Also in the style of medieval book illumination the initial D to the writing pad: gold framed, D floral filled, letter centre shows a Viking with imperial shield and imperial crown in the keel of a Norman ship. On the upper decorative rim under the Grand Duke's crown the coats of arms of Baden and Prussia. To the left or right of it in a laurel or rosary the jubilee number, below on ribbons the jubilee dates. The multicoloured decorative frame, richly decorated with gold in particular, is based on a partly mirror-image stencil, covered by pastel/water/oil colours. View of an Oriental-Muslim settlement (mosque, minaret) bordered by tendrils and leaves in the lower decorative frame of a mountainous background (pen and pastel) on a waterway travelled by two boasts. Ansgar Schoppmeyer. TEXT: Address of congratulations with reference to the role of Frederick I in - the foundation of the empire - colonial development. Signature of President Johann Albrecht, Duke of Mecklenburg and others MAPPE: Brown leather on cardboard, metal fittings, mirror in white silk, 43.5 x 33.5 x 1.5 cm. Two dark brown or gold embossed inner frames on the front cover, filled with individual tendrils and connecting fine gold lines. The midfield with rhombus-shaped cassettes and lily motif embossed; in its centre a gold-embossed laurel wreath, with crown. Back cover with dark brown embossed inner frame; in the cut lines of the inner frames of both covers a round brass button, on pointed flower; gold embossed impact. WORKSHOP: -
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Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Dept. General State Archive Karlsruhe (Archivtektonik) >> Dynasty and Government >> Grand Ducal House >> dedications >> Baden, Collection 1995: Dedications (inventory) >> 2nd Grand Duke Friedrich I and Grand Duchess Luise >> 2.1 Jubilees and other events of the Grand Ducal House >> 2.1.16. Eightieth birthday of the Grand Duke and Golden Wedding of the Grand Duke and Grand Duke Couple
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Original description: Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
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- German Colonial Society (Subject)
- Mecklenburg, Duke John Albert of (Subject)