Austria, Empire. A Miniature Portrait Of An Officer, C.1820 certificate_of_authenticity named to “BOOTSMANN WILHELM WESTHOFF”

named to “BOOTSMANN WILHELM WESTHOFF”

presenting scuffing of the cover and some damage to the spine

24 June 1924) on 2 August 1938

obverse centre featuring the Columns of Gediminas

these words appear in French and in English: "TO THE VALOUR OF THEIR COUNTRYMEN IN THE GREAT WAR AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR SIXTY THOUSAND DEAD THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY THE PEOPLE OF CANADA

Austria, Empire. A Miniature Portrait Of An Officer, C.1820 certificate_of_authenticity named to “BOOTSMANN WILHELM WESTHOFF”A finely detailed, hand painted miniature watercolour portrait depicting a decorated Austrian Officer wearing the breast badges of two orders, in addition to a sheathed sword placed below his left arm. It is set within an oval gilded brass border, retaining an intact glass face, and in turn inset within a wooden frame featuring painted and lacquered tiles. The reverse features a removable backer secured in place with malleable bronze clips, while the