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Metal Cross for the Ten Days' Campaign (Hasselt Cross)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Four-armed bronze cross with round shield at suspension loop and carrying ring. On the obverse a crowned W in an oak branch and laurel branch tied together as a wreath. On the reverse a similar wreath is seen within which the years 1830-1831 are engraved. On the four arms of the cross the text TRUTH TO / KING / AND / FATHERLAND can be read. The cross hangs from a ribbon divided into 6 equal bands of green and orange (faded).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineMetalen Kruis voor de tiendaagse veldtocht (Hasseltkruis). 1830 - 1831. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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