Souvenir key, steel, full shank with a simple feather in the form of two square brackets. Gilded bronze knot and handle: oval handle composed of two U-shaped sections decorated with leaves, fastened with a ducal mitre. Inside, an oval plaque: on one side a Gothic monogram L in red enamel; on the other a cast inscription: VON / DER STADT / DARMSTADT / DEN 26 DECEMB: / 1833. Given to Duchess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria 1813–1862 and her husband Ludwig III Grand Duke of Hesse; 1806–1877 on the occasion of their wedding by the city of Darmstadt, 1833. Germany. Varia. Height 8.9 cm; width 2.6 cm.,

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