Eresabel with scabbard from H. Colijn, Eresabel awarded on behalf of Queen Wilhelmina to the then 1st Lieutenant of the Infantry KNIL H. Colijn. The saber has a silver hilt whose baffle plate is decorated with floral motifs. The ivory handle is wrapped with twisted silver thread and a handle cap that ends in a hilt knob in the shape of a crowned lion's head. A dragon or sable brush hangs from the hilt. The blade is partly blued and etched in relief with the text Queen Wilhelmina for shown prowess // 1st Lieutenant of the Infantry H. Colyn. Aceh, June-December 1899. The sheath is made of German silver and has drag-plate and bands decorated with floral motifs and a single ring. A custom-made box is part of the honorary saber., Aceh, Hendrikus Colijn, anonymous, Netherlands, 1900, kling, gevest, kwast, l 107 cm l 104 cm l 91 cm l 87.5 cm × w 3 cm l 18.5 cm l 3.8 cm
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