Wax seal
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1878
Materials
Gilt, Leather, Paper, Silk
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Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 429241.3
Summary
Red wax embossed seal attached to letters patent of the Order of the Garter (429241.1), dated 22 July 1878, by blue and gold thread with tassel. Seal held in blue leather case with lid tooled in gold (429241.4). See also 429241.2 for presentation box. Disraeli received the Garter on his return from the Berlin Congress in 1878.