Hanover, Kingdom. A Miniature Royal Guelphic Order, Austrian Made, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity overall bronzing loss on the

overall bronzing loss on the War Merit Cross

Officially impressed (T

engraved numbering on reverse 6 o'clock 6120

measuring 13 mm x 8 mm

minor flecking of enamels and loss of finish evident

Hanover, Kingdom. A Miniature Royal Guelphic Order, Austrian Made, C.1870 certificate_of_authenticity overall bronzing loss on the(Guelphen Orden Miniatur). Instituted 1815 by Prince Regent George (later King George III). Of Austrian manufacture, consisting of a solid Gold Maltese Cross with each arm topped by finials and with a stylized lion passant in each quadrant of the Cross, the centre of the obverse bears a white enameled Hanoverian horse on a vibrant red enameled background within a ring of blue enamels featuring the order motto of NEC ASPERA TERRENT (Not Afraid of