ANV/ CRUZ DE MALTA COM PONTAS EMBOLADAS E ORLA EM RELEVO.ESTRE AS PONTAS, DE BAIXO PARA CIMA, DUAS ESPADAS EM SANTOR.AO CENTRO, CÍRCULO COM LEGENDA NA ORLA "VIRTUTE" ENTRE RAMOS COM FRUTOS E FOLHAS DE OLIVEIRA. NO CAMPO, MONOGRAMA DE ADOLPHO DE NASSAU.ENCIMADO POR COROA. DO BRÇO SUPERIOR, PARTE ARGOLA PARA FITA.
REV/ IGUAL AO ANVERSO. NO CÍRCULO CENTRAL, AS DFATAS: "1292 / 1853"
FITA DE GORGORÃO AZUL COM ORLAS AMARELAS. LARG. 36 MM
Unidade de Medida
Milímetro
Unidade de Massa
Grama
Altura
47,5
Largura
40
Diâmetro/Módulo
40
Peso
17,7
Histórico
CIVIL AND MILITARY ORDER OF MERIT OF ADOLPH OF NASSAU (ORDRE DU MÉRITE CIVIL ET MILITAIRE D'ADOLPHE DE NASSAU). ESTABLISHED BY DUKE ADOLPH OF NASSAU 8.5.1858. THE ORDE HAS A CIVIL AND A MILITARY DIVISION, EACH WITH 5 CLASSES, THE 3 LOWEST CLASSES EACH BEING DIVIDED INTO TWO GRADES: GRAND CROSS, GRAND OFFICER, COMMANDER WITH CROWN/COMMANDER, OFFICER WITH CROWN/OFFICER, KNIGHT WITH CROWN/KNIGHT. SEVERAL CROSSES AND MEDALS OF MERIT.
THE ORDER WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED BY DUKE ADOLPH OF NASSAU ON 8 MAY 1858. ABOLISHED WHEN NASSAU WAS SUBSUMED INTO THE GERMAN EMPIRE IN 1866, IT WAS REINSTATED AS A GRAND DUCAL ORDER IN 1890 AND RECOGNISES MERITORIOUS ACTIONS OR HEROIC DEEDS IN THE NAME OF LUXEMBOURG. FÉLIX RASUMNY (1869-1940) WAS A LEADING ART NOUVEAU SCULPTOR, EXHIBITED FREQUENTLY AT THE MAJOR PARIS SALONS FROM 1889 AND WAS MADE CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION DHONNEUR IN 1933. THE POPULATION OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG IS LESS THAN 500,000 AND AS A CONSEQUENCE, ALL ITS DECORATIONS ARE COMPARATIVELY RARE. THIS IS A SUPERB EXAMPLE.
