A SPECTACULARLY RARE ANTIQUE (1854) "ORANJE VRIJ STAATSE" VERJAARSDAG SKILD MOUNTED ON A SHIELD

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THIS SPECTACULARLY RARE ANTIQUE (1854) "ORANJE VRIJ STAATSE" VERJAARSDAG SKILD IS MOUNTED/ HUNG ON A WOODEN SHIELD AND WAS ESSENTIALLY A BADGE COMMEMORATING THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INDEPENDENT BOER SOVEREIGN REPUBLIC AND IS DATED 23 FEBRUARIE 1854 (DUTCH/ AFRIKAANS SPELLING). THE BADGE HAS THE ORANJE VRIJ STAAT COAT OF ARMS ON IT. I COULD NOT FIND OUT MUCH ABOUT THE BADGE, BUT WE DISCOVERED IT IN A MID 1800's AMMUNITION BOX. THE BADGE IS 3.9cm ACROSS AND THE SHIELD IS 7.5cm x 9cm TALL.

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