Netherlands, Kingdom. An Order of Orange-Nassau, Civil Division Grand Officer in Gold

(Ordre van Oranje-Nassau). Instituted April 4th, 1892. An fine quality manufacture and extremely well preserved example of this Order, consisting of:

The neck badge, consisting of a Maltese Cross in silver gilt with white and blue enamels and ball finials, with a laurel wreath in the quadrants between the arms of the cross, the obverse center medallion with a crowned Dutch Lion in Gold on a background of blue enamels with a Golden “traveling”  pattern, surrounded by a white enamelled ring with the motto “Je Maintiendrai” (I Will Maintain) in capitalized lettering, the reverse center medallion with a stylized and crowned “W” for Queen Wilhelmina, surrounded by a white enamelled ring with the words “God Zy Met Ons” (God is with us), surmounted by a large hollow Royal Crown with a horizontally pierced ball and swivel ring suspension from its period-original and full-length neck ribbon, measures 56.9 mm (w) x 87.8 mm (w), marked on the cross of the crown with a Dutch silver mark denoting 925 fineness, worn on a full length neck ribbon, small enamel chips in several arms, light gilt wear, very fine condition. 

The breast star, in silver, consisting of a four-armed star consisting of rays with a central medallion bearing a crowned Dutch Lion in Gold on a background of blue enamels with a Golden “traveling”  pattern, surrounded by a white enameled ring with the motto “Je Maintiendrai” (I Will Maintain) in capitalized lettering, the reverse plain, with a raised barrel hinge, vertical pinback, and rightward-opening broad wire catch with two downward-sloping stabilizer bars, marked on the pin and base with the Dutch silver mark denoting 925 fineness measuring 84.2 mm (w) x 84.4 mm (l), weighing 61.35 grams, enamel chips in the blue enamel central medallion, light wear, very fine condition. 

Contained in a blue presentation case, the lid bears a small crown, a blue velvet medalbed with embedded slot for the star, interior lid marked Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden ‘s-Gravenhage, measures 200 mm (w) x 150 mm (h) x 30 mm (d), functional hinge and clasp, very fine condition.