The commander’s baton or Michiel de Ruyter, Round pole with a layer of turtle, consisting of one piece with the seam lengthwise. A layer of paint has been applied to the stick under the turtle, silver or gold. Both above and below the staff is equipped with a gold-plated copper button, inlaid with turquoises and diamonds. On the lower button an egg-shaped dot, on the upper a support eye surrounded by diamonds, in turn surrounded by turquoises, one of which is missing, Michiel Adriaansz. de Ruyter, Charles II (king of Spain), anonymous, Naples, in or before 1676, wood (plant material), copper (metal), turquoise (mineral), diamond (mineral), gilding, l 96.8 cm × d 2.5 cm
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