An 1830-1831 Dutch Hasselt Cross Newly Listed 2nd Class for Eighteen Years'

2nd Class for Eighteen Years' Service (silvered iron

hallmarked below the crown

and showing signs of period wear

Mounted on fine cap produced and marked Muir Cap Co

pebbled texture

An 1830-1831 Dutch Hasselt Cross Newly Listed 2nd Class for Eighteen Years'An 1830 1831 Dutch Hasselt Cross Bronze, 29 mm, light contact, bruising below the ball finial, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Cross was instituted by Royal Order no. 70 on September 12, 1831 and awarded to participants in the war against Belgium of 1830 1831. Its official name is the Metalen Kruis (Metal Cross) but it is popularly known as the Hasselt Kruis (Hasselt Cross) since the bronze for the cross came from Belgian cannon captured during the