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RARE 1800'S HOUSE OF WINDISCH-GRAETZ COAT OF ARMS WAX SEAL, AN ANCIENT HIGH NOBILITY SLOVENE-AUSTRIAN ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY. THE FAMILY ACHEIVED VARIOUS RANKS WITHIN THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, INCLUDING IMPERIAL COUNTS IN 1682 AND PRINCES IN 1804.
THE USE OF RED WAX WAS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT, INITIALLY A ROYAL PEROGATIVE THAT WAS LATER GRANTED TO HIGH RANKING SECULAR NOBLES, SUCH AS IMPERIAL COUNTS, SIGNIFYING THEIR SPECIAL STATUS AND AUTHORITY.
THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATED WITH THE NAME "WINDISGRATZ" FOUND IN HISTORICAL RECORDS INCLUDES ALFRED I, PRINCE OF WINDISCH-GRATZ, AN AUSTRIAN FIELD MARSHAL NOTED FOR HIS ROLE DURING THE NAPOLEANIC WARS AND FOR SUPPRESSING THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848 IN THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE.
APPROX. HEIGHT: 73 MM
APPROX. WIDTH: 78 MM
APPROX. WAX SEAL WIDTH: 55 MM
RARE 1800'S HOUSE OF WINDISCH-GRATZ COAT OF ARMS WAX SEAL ON CORRESPONDENCE ENVELOPE FRAGMENT WILL MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY ANTIQUE WAX SEAL / STAMP / COVER COLLECTION!
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