Design for a Badge of the Sicilian Military Order
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1820
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Working sketch showing a design for a badge of the R. Sicilian Military Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit. At left, a small sketch of a part of a crown. In the center, hanging at two rings is the right half of the crown, below it is the lily on top, marked as "1," with the fastening ring around it marked as "5," and branches of rays marked as "2." The circle of the obverse is marked "3." Its dark blue color and the golden color of the five dots are indicated, and the caption "FIDEI ET MERITO" at bottom. The colors of the image of the king are indicated, and the ground is marked as "4."
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-907
objectType: label: Type
content: numismatics
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and ink, brush and blue, yellow, green watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 10.6 × 8.6 cm (4 3/16 × 3 3/8 in.)