History of Lemaitre https://asiamedals.info/threads/orders-made-by-lemaitre-paris.27814/
Beautiful set from the Royal collection with 1st type cross in gold that was presented to King Edward VII when Prince of Wales by King Otto I in 1862. The Prince of Wales arrived in Athens on 29 May 1862 and the Prince drove immediately to the palace to pay his respects to the King. The Prince then drove to his hotel where, shortly afterwards, the King arrived to return the Prince's visit. King Otto then presented the Order of the Redeemer to the Prince of Wales.
Beautiful set from the Royal collection with 1st type cross in gold that was presented to King Edward VII when Prince of Wales by King Otto I in 1862. The Prince of Wales arrived in Athens on 29 May 1862 and the Prince drove immediately to the palace to pay his respects to the King. The Prince then drove to his hotel where, shortly afterwards, the King arrived to return the Prince's visit. King Otto then presented the Order of the Redeemer to the Prince of Wales.
Gold, enamel.
Size 120 x 70 mm.
The original decree of 1833 described the badge of the Order as consisting of a white enameled Maltese cross (silver for the silver cross, gold for the higher grades), surmounted by a crown, set on a green enameled wreath, one half of which is an oak branch and the other half a laurel branch. The obverse featured a white cross on a blue background (the coat of arms of Greece) with Otto's Bavarian arms in an inescutcheon in the center, surrounded by this inscription on an outer ring: Η ΔΕΞΙΑ ΣΟΥ ΧΕΙΡ, ΚΥΡΙΕ, ΔΕΔΟΞΑΣΤΑΙ ΕΝ ΙΣΧΥΙ ("Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power", Exodus, 15:6). The reverse featured a portrait of Otto with the circular inscription: ΟΘΩΝ, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ("Otto, King of Greece").
Excerpt from original Statute
Αρθ . 4. Τὸ διάσημον (Les insignes) του Τάγματος συνίσταται, εἰς ὀκτωγωνίως ὀξυνόμενον Σταυρὸν ἀπὸ λευκὸν σμάλτον, καὶ ἐστεμμένον μὲ τὸ Βασιλικὸν διάδημα κατὰ τὸ ἐπισυναπτόμενον σχέδιον. Τὸ μέσον τοῦ Σταυροῦ περιεζωσμένον ἀπὸ στέφανον κλάδωνδρυὸς καὶ δάφνης, παριςᾷ ἐπὶ μὲν τοῦ ἑνὸς μέρος (καθὼς καὶ παράσημον τοῦ Κράτους) τὸν Ἑλληνικὸν Σταυρὸν μὲ τὸν ἐνδότερον θυρεὸν καὶ τὴν περιγραφήν.
«Ἡδεξιάσου χεὶρ, Κύριε Δεδόξασται ἐν Ἰσχύει» ἐπὶ τοῦ ἑτέρου δὲ , τὴν προτομὴν τοῦ θεμελιωτοῦ τοῦ Τάγματος μὲ τὴν περιγραφὴν
« ΟΘΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ. »
Under the monarchy, a royal crown surmounted the cross. After Otto's deposition in 1863, his portrait was removed and substituted by an icon of Jesus, the Redeemer of Orthodox Christian soteriology. This resulted in the wearing of this side as the obverse, with the national coat of arms (purged of the Bavarian escutcheon) relegated to the reverse, and the inscriptions correspondingly changed: the obverse's inscription remained in place, and the reverse came to feature a new inscription: Η ΕΝ ΑΡΓΕΙ Δ´ ΕΘΝΙΚΗ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΣΥΝΕΛΕΥΣΙΣ - 1829 ("The IV National Assembly of the Hellenes at Argos – 1829").
Same cross under a different light.
Sash.
