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Description: | Breast badge of the Order of the Sword (Sweden) awarded to Sir John Ross (1777-1856). A gold eight-pointed, cross enamelled white, gold crowns between each arm and a pair of crossed swords at the top. The blue centre medallion shows three small crowns with an upright sword in the centre. On reverse of medallion a sword and crown with the inscription: 'PRO PATRIA'. The order is suspended by a yellow moire ribbon with a blue stripe towards each edge. Ross was made a Knight of the Swedish Order of the Sword in 1809 for services in the Baltic (see DNB entry)
Lent to RN Museum by Lieut A V Ross, see 1913 catalogue. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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